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GB pair progress at Aegon Classic

Venue: Aegon Classic, Birmingham Dates: 15-21 June

Coverage: Regular updates on the BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 live

British wildcards Naomi Broady and Johanna Konta reached the second round of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham with straight-sets wins.

Konta, 24, dropped just four games on her way to a 6-1 6-3 victory over Australian Jarmila Gajdosova.

Stockport's Broady, 25, ranked 224th in the world, beat the 79th-ranked Croat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 6-4.

USA-based 16-year-old Katie Swan, from Bristol, was beaten 6-2 6-2 by Tsvetana Pironkova on her WTA Tour debut.