South Africa’s former world No.31 Lloyd Harris has qualified for the Australian Open men’s singles main draw. Harris on Friday beat fourth seed Hugo Gaston from France with a dominant 6-0, 6-2 victory in his final qualifying match to advance to the main draw at the first Grand Slam of the year in Melbourne. Earlier in the week, the 26-year-old Cape Town native triumphed over Kyrian Jacquet from France (7-5, 6-4) and Daniel Rincon of Spain (6-2, 6-2) in his first two qualifying matches. Harris, currently ranked 149th in the ATP world rankings, will be the sole South African participant...

South Africa’s former world No.31 Lloyd Harris has qualified for the Australian Open men’s singles main draw. Harris on Friday beat fourth seed Hugo Gaston from France with a dominant 6-0, 6-2 victory in his final qualifying match to advance to the main draw at the first Grand Slam of the year in Melbourne. Earlier in the week, the 26-year-old Cape Town native triumphed over Kyrian Jacquet from France (7-5, 6-4) and Daniel Rincon of Spain (6-2, 6-2) in his first two qualifying matches. Harris, currently ranked 149th in the ATP world rankings, will be the sole South African participant...

  South African tennis star Lloyd Harris has successfully secured his place in the main draw of Wimbledon after coming through three rounds of qualifying. In the first round, Harris triumphed over Italy’s Andrea Vavassori with a commanding 6-2, 6-2 victory. He then faced Britain’s George Loffhagen in a tightly contested match, emerging victorious with a 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5) win. Finally, in a thrilling encounter on Friday, Harris clinched his spot in the Wimbledon main draw by defeating France’s Hugo Grenier 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5). The main draw of Wimbledon is set to...