Another impressive performance by Monique Barry but not quite enough for victory and a main draw spot in the ASB Classic.
Barry was beaten in the final round of qualifing by Lin Glushko (Israel) 7-5 7-6(4) just 24 hours after she had defeated top seed Ena Shibahara in straight sets
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The 506th-ranked Barry forced Glushko, ranked 221, to dig deep who kept in the match even when down on games.
Barry got a break of serve in the seventh game of the first set and then held to go up 5-3. She had a set point in the following game, but missed with a return down the line.
Glushko, then reeled off four games in a row to take the opening set.
In the second set got an early break, but once again Glushko responded and got the set back to 2-2.
The set went into a tiebreak, with Glushko winning the first three points. She went onto lead 5-2, before losing the next two points on her serve.
However, Glushko won the next two points to book her place in the main draw. Overall Barry won 89 points to her opponents 97 points in the two hour two minute match..
The previous day Valentina Ivanov and Elyse Tse had competed well but lost in the first round of qualifying.
With the doubles draw completed Barry, 22 who was born in New Plymouth but lives in Melbourne will partner fellow Kiwi Jade Otway against Nao Hibino (Japan) and Oksana Kalashnikova (Georgia) in the first round.
The other doubles wildcard has been given to Ivanov and Vivian Yang, who play Americans An Li and Katie Volynets in the first round.