Miyazaki spearheads British charge at Wimbledon Qualifying

Lily Miyazaki spearheaded the British charge as women's singles action got underway at Wimbledon Qualifying on Tuesday afternoon. British No.7 Miyazaki began her campaign with a confident 6-2 6-4 victory over South Korea's Han Na-Lae, setting up a second round meeting against 11th seed Yuan Yue. Ad It was a commanding performance from the Surrey player, who believed she executed her gameplan to near-perfection.

TennisBrogan brimming with optimism after Wimbledon qualifying winAN HOUR AGO She said: «I'm really happy with my performance today. I'd played her once before and I lost, so I had a clear gameplan coming in. I think I executed it pretty well.

»She's quite a tricky player because she's left-handed and then double-handed both sides, so she didn't give me too much pace. I had to go and try and be aggressive, make her move, and when I got her on the stretch I tried to finish some points at the net." Elsewhere there were fantastic wins for Naiktha Bains over Ukraine's Katarina Zavatska, while Anna Brogan beat former junior world No.1 Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva. Bains rallied from a set down to beat Zavatska 4-6 6-2 6-3 and set up a second round meeting against Viktorija Golubic.

«In the first I feel like I had a couple of chances earlier on to break. I feel like I could have, and who knows what would have happened if I had broken there,» commented Bains. «At the end of the first set I was a bit disappointed with losing my serve fairly easily, but then I did well to refocus and get a decent lead in the second set.