Julia Grabher is about to move into the Madrid main draw

Julia Grabher keeps the chance to enter the main competition of the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid.

The 26-year-old from Vorarlberg beat the ex-ranked 20 in the first qualifying round on Monday. Ana Konjuh from Croatia with 6: 4, 7: 6 (4) through.

Austria’s number one, which has slipped 14 places to position 92 in the ranking, now only has to overcome one hurdle. On Tuesday we will face the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, who benefited from the resignation of her opponent Eva Lys (GER).

Karolina Pliskova, number 15 in the world, cannot take part in the tournament. The former leader in the rankings has to cancel her participation due to a knee injury, but wants to return to the tour in Rome shortly before the French Open.