GB's Klugman, 15, one win from reaching Wimbledon

British schoolgirl Hannah Klugman is 1 triumph distant from reaching nan main Wimbledon tie aft a 2nd triumph successful qualifying.

The 15-year-old, who grew up playing tennis astatine a nine adjacent to nan celebrated venue, hit 28th seed Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2 0-6 6-4.

"I'm speechless," said Klugman. "To get nan triumph was really good, it was very emotional."

Fellow Britons Armani Banks and Sonay Kartal person besides made it to nan last information of qualifying.

Klugman's last qualifying lucifer will beryllium streamed unrecorded connected BBC iPlayer and nan BBC Sport website and app connected Thursday. The lucifer is not expected to return spot earlier 12:30 BST.

Klugman, who competed successful nan juniors astatine Wimbledon past year, won nan prestigious Orange Bowl title successful Florida aged 14 successful December.

The world number 623 fought backmost from losing nan 2nd group to emotion astatine Roehampton to overhaul Czech force Fruhvirtova, who is classed 376 places supra her.

Current US Open champion Coco Gauff became nan youngest modern-day Wimbledon qualifier astatine 15 years and 122 days successful 2019.

Klugman will beryllium conscionable 8 days older erstwhile she adjacent faces American world number 121 Alycia Parks connected Thursday.

Wimbledon starts connected Monday, pinch nan tie made connected Friday.

Banks, 21, hit nan American 26th seed Kayla Day 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 while Kartal, 22, defeated China's Wei Sijia 6-4 4-6 6-1.

Britain's 2 remaining men successful qualifying, Jay Clarke and George Loffhagen, were defeated successful nan 2nd round.

World number 332 Clarke mislaid 6-3 3-6 6-2 to Frenchman Quentin Halys, while Loffhagen was defeated 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) by South African Lloyd Harris.

Klugman, who turned 15 successful February, grew up playing astatine Westside Tennis Club, which is little than 2 miles from Centre Court astatine Wimbledon.

"I was astir apt astir 3 erstwhile I could really clasp a racket," she said aft being granted a wildcard to nan inferior tourney astatine nan All England Club aged 13 successful 2022.

"My sisters utilized to play erstwhile I was younger truthful they brought maine into nan game, my mum utilized to play arsenic good - still plays - and I utilized to deed pinch them connected nan broadside of nan court.

"It's massively special. I've been present each twelvemonth watching and for maine to play present this twelvemonth is insane. I virtually unrecorded 5 minutes away."

Klugman reached nan US Open inferior singles quarter-finals successful September 2023 and nan pursuing period became nan youngest subordinate to suffice for a $100,000 (£80,000) arena connected nan ITF World Tour, reaching nan quarter-finals successful Shrewsbury. The grounds was antecedently held by Gauff.

Klugman went connected to onshore nan Orange Bowl, whose past winners included early Grand Slam champions Chris Evert, Caroline Wozniacki, Bianca Andreescu and Gauff, who was 14 erstwhile she won it successful 2018.

At Roehampton, nan British teen was watched by her parents, 2 of her sisters and friends arsenic she deed six aces and 33 winners.

Her beaten force Fruhvirtova, 19, was classed wrong nan apical 50 this clip past year.