Wimbledon qualifying can be a brutal place, with players across the globe battling to earn potential Grand Slam stardom.
It has been no less easy for the British contingent, many of whom began their Wimbledon journey on Tuesday.
Following Wimbledon qualifying day one on Monday, Britain’s female players enjoyed their first taste of the grass-court surface.
Here are the two British women who made it through the first round of Wimbledon qualifying on day two.
Amarni Banks
The 22-year-old, ranked 268 on the WTA Tour, showed all her grit to battle past Austrian player Julia Grabher, winning 6-4 1-6 6-3.
Banks, who has won 14 of her 23 matches so far this year, will face Polish 32nd seed Katarzyna Kawa in the next round of qualifying on Wednesday afternoon.
One fan said on X: “Missed this result earlier, Armani Banks comes through her opening round match at Wimbledon qualifying 6-4 1-6 6-3 against Grabher.
“Excellent result for Banks just the second Brit through today at SW19!”
Emily Appleton
The 25-year-old knocked out 25th seed Simona Waltert, defeating the Swiss player 6-7 6-4 6-3.
The former top 10 junior player, who is completing an online degree in Business and Enterprise in Sport during her non-tennis hours, is ranked 403 in the world for singles and 83 for doubles.
She will face Czechia’s Barbora Palicova in the second qualifying round on Wednesday afternoon.
Six Brits crash out on day two of Wimbledon qualifying
World number 981 Katy Dunne lost to former world number 11 Alize Cornet 4-6 3-6, while Ranah Akua Stoiber lost 7-5 4-6 1-6 to Poland’s 32nd seed Katarzyna Kawa.
Yuriko Miyazaki lost 4-6 6-4 2-6 to Oksana Selekhmeteva after winning only 34 per cent of her second serve points.
Amelia Rajecki’s Wimbledon story could have played out very differently. She lost an extremely close encounter to Iryna Shymanovich, losing 6-7 6-7.
Like Rajecki, Katie Swan’s Wimbledon journey was close to continuing. She lost to Spain’s Leyre Romero Gormaz 6-7 6-7.
Ella McDonald lost to Latvian 26th seed Darja Semenistaja, going down 6-4 5-7 1-6.
