Tin-Tin Ho has a bye into the second qualifying round at the US Smash – in the week in which she reached a career high of No 89 in the world.

The English No 1 will face the winner of the first qualifying match between Ke Wang of the host nation and Barbora Varady of Slovakia, who meet at 11.15pm UK time on Friday.

Ho is the 14th seed in qualifying and will have to come through two matches, the first of which is scheduled for 8.20pm UK time on Saturday.

The third qualifying round match, if it goes to seeding, would see Ho face Jieni Shao (WR 64) of Portugal, the No 2 seed in qualifying.

Ho this week moved up to No 89 in the world, surpassing the previous best of 93 achieved in December 2020.

Tom Jarvis and Liam Pitchford are both seeded into the main draw in LA – Jarvis by ranking and Pitchford with a wildcard as he returns to action after recovering from surgery.