Jan Choinski clinches place in US Open main draw
Jan Choinski
British number 11 Jan Choinski has earned himself a spot in the main draw of the US Open for the first time in his career.
Choinski joins Jack Draper and Dan Evans in the first round after a titanic victory over Maxime Cressy in qualifying.
A routine win looked on the cards when Choinski served his American opponent a New York bagel in the first set but that was just the start of a marathon contest, which the Brit eventually won 6-0 6-7 (5) 7-6 (10).
Three other British players fell at the final hurdle as they missed out on qualification.
Billy Harris, Sonay Kartal and Lily Miyazaki were all hoping to win a place in the main draw at Flushing Meadows.
But they all lost in the final round of qualification on Thursday.
British number Harris was eyeing a maiden appearance in New York but went down 6-4 0-6 6-3 to Timofey Skatov.
In the women's draw, Kartal would have had hopes of making a debut appearance, having won 17 of her previous 18 matches but she lost to Ukrainian Yulia Starodubtseva.
She was in a strong position having coasted to the first set but went down 2-6 6-3 6-3.
Miyazaki won just three games in a 1-6 2-6 rout to German Eva Lys.
The main draw begins on Monday.
