Melanie South was the only one of nine British players to progress on the second day of qualifying for Wimbledon.
World number 294 South defied her lowly status to upset Romania's Liana Ungur, ranked more than 100 places higher than her, 6-4 6-4 in their first-round qualifier.It was the only success for the home contingent, however, as fellow women's hopefuls Tara Moore, Anna Fitzpatrick, Jade Windley, Samantha Murray and Francesca Stephenson all lost in straight sets.
In the men's draw, Jamie Baker lost to Andreas Beck, who beat him in the first round proper last year, to join youngsters Liam Broady and Oliver Golding on the sidelines.
Ireland's Conor Niland, though, came from behind to beat Australian Greg Jones 4-6 7-5 6-2.
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