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Highlights
Day two: Xu leads a quartet of British wins
British trio Mimi Xu, Mika Stojsavljevic, Lily Miyazaki and Ella McDonald all came through with victories on day two at the Lexus Wrexham Open to book their place in the second round.
British rising star Xu came back from a set down to defeat Lithuanian third seed Justina Mikulskyte 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in two hours and 19 minutes.
The local favourite struggled on serve in the opening set but settled into her rhythm early in the second. Despite being broken at 5-3 serving for the second set, the 18-year-old quickly shrugged off the disappointment and sealed another break of her own to level the scores.
In a much more one-sided third set, Xu lost just three points behind her serve to set up a second round clash with Andre Lukosiute.
Former junior US Open champion Stojsavljevic made light work of her first round clash with eighth seed Julia Avdeeva – winning 6-4, 6-2.
Straight off the back of winning the Lexus British Pro Series Birmingham last week, Stojsavljevic needed just an hour and 14 minutes to book a meeting with fellow Brit Amarni Banks in the next round.
Former British No.4 Miyazaki won a nail-biting clash with 17-year-old Ruby Cooling 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-4 in one of the matches of the tournament so far.
Miyazaki saved break point serving at 5-5 in the second set and needed seven set points before managing to set up the decider. Cooling fought back from 5-2 down in the third, but on the second time of asking, Miyazaki was able to serve out the victory.
Next up, she’ll play either top seed Jessika Ponchet who knocked out Britain’s Indianna Spink 7-5, 6-2.
20-year-old McDonald sailed through to the second round with a convincing 6-3, 6-1 win over compatriot Alicia Dudeney.
McDonald – who, like Xu, is supported by the LTA Pro Scholarship Programme, presented by Lexus – saved two break points on a critical game at 3-2 in the opening set, before storming on to win nine of the next 11 games and wrap up the win in an hour and 15 minutes.
In the second round she will face Czech Republic’s Ivana Sebestova – who knocked out seventh seed Valentina Ryser 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 earlier in the day.
However, Britain’s Alice Gillan lost out to Sweden’s Kajsa Rinaldo Persson 6-3, 6-1 in the first match of day two.