Katie Swan through to French Open third qualifying round, Heather Watson crashes out

ByBen Grounds

Updated 23/05/2019 at 13:37 GMT

Katie Swan hopes of reaching the main draw of the French Open are still alive, but Heather Watson crashed out at the second round of qualifying on Thursday.

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Swan overcame Wang Xiyu 6-4 0-6 7-5 to set up a third-round qualifier against the Slovenian Kristina Kucova, but Watson was beaten in three sets by Valentini Grammatikopoulou.

The British number three lost 5-7 7-6 (8/6) 6-7 (3/7) to the Greek - missing two match points before losing the third-set tie breaker after two hours and 44 minutes.

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Watson showed good fight to recover from losing the opener, but serving to win the match at 5-3, the 27-year-old suffered a collapse.

Meanwhile, Swan's bid to reach her first Grand Slam main draw outside Wimbledon is still on track after taking a third set against Wang.

Swan was broken in the decider having suffered a bagel in the second, but the world number 208 dug deep to reach the final hurdle before main draw at Roland Garros.

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