Veronica Cepede Royg, Danielle Lao, Caroline Dolehide & Marina Erakovic played their way into the packed main draw, the latter barely escaping an upset at the hands of young American Michaela Gordon in a thrilling match.
While the qualifiers punched their main draw ticket, plenty of main draw players were busy preparing on the courts, including five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova who’s due to start her comeback from injury on Monday night, playing Jennifer Brady.