Three New Zealand players are in the ASB Classic qualifying draw and it won't be easy to progress into the second round.
Elyse Tse, who lost to Vivian Yang, in the final of the wildcard playoff tournament, will play against the second seed Nao Hibino ranked 146 in the world.
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Monique Barry has been drawn against the top seed in qualifying, Ena Shibahara, who is also from Japan and ranked 137th.
Valentina Ivanov is the other qualifying wildcard will play against Spain’s Leyre Romero Gormaz, who has a world ranking of 141.
Barry’s match is on first, followed by Tse’s and Ivanov is the third match on Centre Court.
The other match on Centre Court is between 2017 ASB Classic finalist Ana Konjuh from Croatia, a formerly ranked as high as 20 agianst Androrra’s Victoria Jiminez Kasintseva.
There are two rounds of qualifying for the ASB Classic played over the weekend, with six players advancing into the main draw.