Fellow Briton Tara Moore gets her campaign under way with a first-round match with Kai-Chen Chang on Wednesday morning.
It was a mixed day for British tennis in the first round of the women’s French Open qualifying at Roland Garros.
Naomi Broady fell to a straight-sets defeat at the hands of Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann while Heather Watson came from a set down to beat Anastasiya Komardina and progress to the second round.
Broady was broken four times as she was brushed aside by the world number 153 in a 6-4 6-2 loss in Paris, but there was better news for British number two Watson, who followed her compatriot on court six with a 3-6 7-5 6-1 victory over her Russian opponent.
The 25-year-old was broken three times as she lost the opening set but soon fought back to level the match in a tense second set with a decisive break in the 12th game.
But the Guernsey-born player breezed through the deciding set and finished the match in emphatic fashion by losing only four points in her final four games to seal a second-round clash with Czech Republic’s Tereza Smitkova.
Fellow Briton Tara Moore gets her campaign under way with a first-round match with Kai-Chen Chang on Wednesday morning.
Players must win three qualifying rounds to reach the first round proper, the draw for which is set to be made on Friday, May 26.
