Connor Green and Tianer Yu were unable to join Tom Jarvis and Wales’ Anna Hursey in the main draw at WTT Contender Istanbul.

Green (WR 118) had a bye into the second qualifying round of the Men’s Singles and faced unranked Chinese Ao Hualei, who had won his first-round match 16-14 in the fifth against Amin Ahmadian of Iran.

Green did not lead at any point in the first two games, though he was never far off in losing them 11-7 and 11-8, but he pulled away from 5-5 in the third to win it 11-8 and give himself hope of a comeback.

Green led the fourth 4-1 but Ao got on a roll, and Green’s timeout at 4-5 could not stop the flow as Ao went on to clinch the match 11-7 on his second match point.

There is still the doubles to come for Green – he and Anna Hursey will face Leonardo Iizuka & Laura Watanabe of Brazil in the round of 16 in the Mixed, while Green & Tom Jarvis are waiting to discover their Men’s Doubles opponents.

Meanwhile, Yu (WR 358) got through her first qualifying round match against a higher-ranked opponent in the Women’s Singles before going out to Jessica Reyes Lai (WR 164) of the USA.

Reyes Lai kept herself in front in the first, taking it 11-8, but Yu hit back 11-4. However, Reyes pulled the momentum back in her favour with a run of seven near the start of the third game, and she held Yu at arm’s length to complete her victory in four.

In the first round, Yu had faced Kazakhstan’s Sarvinoz Mikadirova (WR 187) and her opponent won the first with three successive points from 8-8, but Yu had a run of seven from 3-3 in the second as she levelled the match.

Yu took the lead at 5-4 in the third and was never headed from then on as she went on to win the match.

Results

Men’s Singles
Qualifying round 2
Ao Hualei (CHN) bt Connor Green 3-1 (11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7)

Women’s Singles
Qualifying round 1
Tianer Yu bt Sarvinoz Mirkadirova (KAZ) 3-1 (8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7)

Qualifying round 2
Jessica Reyes Lai (USA) bt Yu 3-1 (11-8, 4-11, 11-6, 11-8)