Qualifying success for British duo

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Former Wimbledon junior champion Robson, 15, caused a second upset in as many days with a 6-4 7-5 victory over Hungary's Aniko Kapros, ranked 207 places above her in the world standings.

Robson, ranked 460th, will next face Eva Hrdinova of the Czech Republic (203rd) for a place in the main draw.

Robson said: "I had some good wins when I made the semi-finals of Shrewsbury last year but this definitely means the most to me.

"I came here just wanting to play as well as I could but getting to the final round of qualifying is obviously great and is a pretty good job by me - I'd give myself a big pat on the back."

Baltacha, the second seed in the qualifying tournament, advanced at the expense of another Czech, Andrea Hlavackova, winning 7-5 6-0, and will now face Australia's Anastasia Rodionova.

It is the second consecutive year Baltacha has reached the final round of qualifying.

"I didn't really deserve to be in the last round of qualifiers last year but this year I am a much better player and things are completely different," she said.

"I really do feel that I belong in the main draw of these tournaments and that gives you a lot of confidence. This time it doesn't come as a surprise to me that I'm in the final round of qualifying. Now I'm beginning to show that I can perform consistently."

Katie O'Brien was ousted 6-2 6-4 by Georgian Anna Tatishvili, while the fourth Briton to make the second round, Melanie South, lost 6-4 5-7 6-3 to German 15th seed Julia Schruff.