BBC Online :
Britain’s Heather Watson, Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart advanced to the second round of qualifying at Indian Wells.
World number 113 Watson, who reached the last 16 in 2015, beat Spain’s Rebeka Masarova 7-5, 6-2 in California.
Boulter, ranked 127th, beat China’s sixth seed Xinyu Wang 6-7 (8-10), 6-4, 6-4, while Dart beat the Netherlands’ Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 6-1, 7-5.
In the main draw, Emma Raducanu could face last week’s Lyon finalist Dayana Yastremska in the second round.
The US Open champion has a first-round bye, assuming she is fit enough to play after a recent leg injury.
Watson will join Raducanu in the main draw if she beats Japan’s Mai Hontama on Tuesday, while Boulter faces Italian Sara Errani and Dart, ranked 122 in the world, will play Russian Anastasia Gasanova.
Watson, 29, twice broke back immediately against Masarova in the first set to level at 2-2 and 5-5, before clinching her third set point on the Spaniard’s serve.
The former British number one then raced into a 4-0 lead in the second set and, following four successive breaks of serve, was able to seal victory to set up a meeting with Hontama.
Boulter led 4-1 and 5-3 in her first set against Wang, but she was unable to capitalise on three set points, before falling short in an 18-point tie-break.
A break of serve in the seventh game of the second set was enough for the 25-year-old to force a decider.
Though unable to take any of her first six break points, Boulter eventually won her seventh for a 5-4 lead before serving out the match.
