Madison Brengle brought the number of Americans in the Hobart International draw up to six by beating top seed Silvia Soler Espinosa 6-4 6-3 in the final round of qualifying.
Brengle, the world No.91, outserved her opponent by firing three aces and winning 67% of points off her first delivery to book her place in the main draw, where she will face 2012 champion Mona Barthel on Monday night.
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Soler Espinosa’s place in the main draw was all but assured following Varvara Lepchenko’s withdrawal on Friday. As the highest-ranked player in the final round of qualifying, the Spaniard was guaranteed a lucky loser spot regardless of the result against Brengle, and will now face No.2 seed Zarina Diyas.
Johanna Larsson’s reward for beating Argentina’s Paula Ormaechea 6-3 6-3 is a match-up against Saisai Zheng, while Richel Hogenkamp will take on former world No.5 Daniela Hantuchova in Monday’s first night session encounter after ousting Lin Zhu 6-4 6-3.
Kateryna Kozlova weathered a second-set fightback from Barbora Krejcikova to prevail 6-0 7-5 and book a shot at former Wimbledon semi-finalist Kirsten Flipkens.