British No.1 Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart continued their dominance on the grass, while Emma Raducanu earned her first victory over a top 10 player and Billy Harris took down another British star as all four booked their spots in the quarter-final.

Raducanu clocked the biggest win of her career by ranking as she fought past second seed Jessica Pegula 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4 in a two hour 30 minute marathon.

British No.1 Boulter took down former champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-4, 7-5 in just over two hours, while Dart came through a tough three-set battle against Sofia Kenin to win 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-0.

After falling short to the world No.5 in the opener, Raducanu came back from a break down in the second set to eventually force a tie-break, where Pegula stormed ahead to a comfortable 3-0 lead. Raducanu dug her heels in – winning seven of the next 11 points and saving match point to take a set off a top 10 player for the first time in her career.

Rallied on by a home crowd, all momentum rested with the 2021 US Open champion, who showcased some of the best tennis of her career on Centre Court at Devonshire Park. After racing ahead to a 5-2 lead, a spot in the quarter-finals was in touching distance for Raducanu, however a late twist in tale saw the American win three games in a row to get proceedings back on serve.

Despite the setback, Raducanu produced a gritty display to immediately break back before making it third time lucky – coming back from 0-40 down on her serve to eventually seal the biggest win of her career on her first match point as Pegula sent a forehand wide.

Today marked a career-first meeting between Boulter and Ostapenko, who are both renowned for their big-hitting and aggressive styles of play, but it was the Brit who dominated the opening stages of the match. Landing an impressive 76% of first serves in, Boulter eased through her service games and used her power to hit through the world No.13 as she secured the opening set on the seventh time of asking.

After four breaks of serve in the second, a tie-break looked to be on the horizon but one final blow from Boulter saw her edge her nose in front once again. Stepping up to serve for the match, Boulter slammed a thunderous serve down the ‘T’ before the Latvian hit a backhand wide to catapult the Brit to victory – marking her joint best appearance in Eastbourne.

She'll now go on to face this year's Roland Garros runner-up Jasmine Poalini.

British No.2 Dart faced a tough opponent in the form of world No.48 Kenin.

After the Briton secured the first set, both players struggled behind their serve with neither able to take control of the second set. After six breaks of serve, we headed towards a tie-break, which saw the American sprint to a 6-3 lead before levelling the tie to a set apiece.

However, Dart ramped up the intensity in the deciding set - winning 93% of points behind her first serve as she strung together six consecutive games to reach the final eight, where she sets up a blockbuster meeting against 2021 US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez.

Men's draw: Harris defeats second Brit of the week

Billy Harris continues to shine on the grass, as he took down Charles Broom, winning 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals in Eastbourne.

The 29-year-old has reached at the least the quarter-finals of every grass court event so far this summer and adds the ATP 250 event in Eastbourne to growing list.

Harris's first serve let him down in the opening set, landing just 39% as Broom convincingly took the opener. However, the world No.139 - who made headlines last week when he reached the final eight at the cinch Championships - soon found his rhythm in the second as he leveled the contest with a double break.

Into the decider they went and Harris dialed up the aggression, winning 58% of return points off Broom's first serve while remaining solid behind his own to eventually close out victory with a break to love.

However, it was the end of the road for Giles Hussey who bowed out in the round of 16 against Flavio Cobolli. The Brit eased to a one set advantage in the opener before the Italian went on to grasp a break in the second and third to wrap up a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win.

Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter will join Harriet Dart as a trio of British players look set for the second round of the women’s singles at the Rothesay International Eastbourne.

Raducanu marked her main draw debut with an explosive 6-4, 6-0 victory over 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens.

British No.1 Boulter survived a second set scare to defeat Croatia’s Petra Martic 6-1, 7-6(8).

There was also a first ATP Tour win for Britain’s Giles Hussey, who made the most of his opportunity as a lucky loser to progress to the second round.

However, Cam Norrie, Liam Broady, Lily Miyazaki and Henry Searle all exited in the first round – bowing out in straight sets.

21-year-old Raducanu had to come back from a break down twice in the opening set, but the American was simply unable to deal with the intense ball-striking from the other side of the net.

Having turned things around from 4-3 and a break behind to lead 5-4 in the opener, Raducanu snapped a stunning forehand winner down the line to bring about set point, which she took at the first time of asking.

After clinching a tight first set, Raducanu hit full flight. She went on to break Stephens six times in a row and closed out the second set in just 27 minutes.

In the second round she will face last week’s campion in Berlin, Jessica Pegula.

Boulter on the other hand came out flying on Centre Court – taking the first five games, losing just eight points.

With the first set wrapped up, everything looked to be going Boulter’s way as she edged out 3-1 in front. However, Martic was far from out of the fight and as her game continued to build and the slice backhand came into full effect, cracks started to appear in the Brit’s game.

Martic had the chance to serve out the set at 5-3, led 5-1 in the tie-break and had three set points, but Boulter refused to let go. With her second match point on serve deep in the breaker, the Croatian’s steel defence gave way as Boulter secured a second round clash with former champion Jelena Ostapenko.

Meanwhile, Miyazaki was defeated by WTA doubles world No.1 Elise Mertens 6-1, 6-2.

Despite breaking early in the first set, British wild card struggled to capitalise on her first serves – winning just 46% of points when it landed throughout the match.

The 28-year-old Brit now turns her attention to Wimbledon where she will have a main draw wild card.

Men’s draw: Dream start for Hussey

It was a dream day for 27-year-old Hussey who responded to a late call-up to the main draw by defeating sixth seed and world No.32 Mariano Navone 6-4, 6-2.

In the biggest win of his career, Hussey made the most of his experience on the Eastbourne grass from qualifying this week to break the Argentine four times to wrap up a win in an hour and four minutes.

The world No.359 will move on to play Italian Flavio Cobolli in the second round and would face the winner of Billy Harris vs Charles Broom in the quarter-finals.

British No.2 Norrie had chances against Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori but eventually lost 7-6(9), 6-3 in an hour and 34 minutes.

Despite solid serving in the opening set, it was a frustrating performance for the former Wimbledon semi-finalist, who failed to convert on all seven of his break points – including from 0-40 in the third game of the second set. Ruusvuori peppered away at the Brit’s forehand to much avail throughout the match and once he clinched the first break of the match, was able to serve out the win.

Broady’s return from injury was met with a 6-3, 6-4 defeat to Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka.

In his first match since March, Broady pushed the world No.102 all the way and had led 3-1 with multiple break points in the second before Nishioka closed out a hard-earned win in an hour and 46 minutes.

Junior Wimbledon champion Searle stepped in as a lucky loser against former runner-up Lorenzo Sonego.

Despite breaking in the opening game and showing glimpses of brilliance in front of the Centre Court crowd, the experienced Italian won 6-3, 6-2 in an hour and seven minutes.

Harriet Dart and Billy Harris opened this year’s Rothesay International Eastbourne with a pair of British wins on the first day of main draw action at Devonshire Park.

Dart put in a fighting performance on Centre Court to beat Czech Republic’s Marie Bouzkova 7-5, 6-7(7), 6-4 in an epic match lasting over three and a half hours.

"It was an incredible match, so many ups and downs," she said. "Marie is an incredible fighter and always makes it very tough and I’m a bit surprised these long matches are coming on grass to be honest. I’m very happy that it turned my way this time."

In her first top 50 win since she defeated Zhang Shuai in the first round of Eastbourne last year, Dart brought her absolute A-game for the home crowd on the sunny south coast.

The victory books a second round clash with Sofia Kenin after top seed and former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina withdrew from the tournament.

Dart came back from a double break down in the opening set as she started to ask serious questions of the world No.38 - forcing her to make more and more mistakes. With frustration building for Bouzkova, Dart only continued to raise her game and won five of the last six games to go a set in front.

In the second Dart came back from a 4-1 deficit again and battled hard to force a tie-break, but facing her fourth set point, the Briton pushed a smash wide to see the Czech draw level.

A former quarter-finalist in Eastbourne – Dart upped her game in the biggest moments and she came out swinging in the third. She broke for the seventh and eighth time in the match to go 3-1 in front and then managed to pull together three straight service games for the first time to see out the win.

Elsewhere in the women's draw Polish qualifier Magda Linette staged a huge comeback to defeat world No.25 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 in two hours and 18 minutes.

Ana Kalinina beat Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 6-2, while former champion Jelena Ostapenko knocked out Greet Minnen 7-6(3), 6-1 in an hour and 27 minutes.

Lastly on Centre, 2021 US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez beat seventh seed and former French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

Men's draw: Harris wins battle of the Brits

29-year-old Harris got the better of compatriot Jacob Fearnley in the first match on Centre Court.

Fresh off the back of a quarter-final run at the cinch Championships, Harris kick-started his Eastbourne campaign with a 6-4, 7-6(7) win over Nottingham champion, Fearnley.

Harris’s first serve has been his biggest weapon on the grass this summer and so it proved to be once again.

The Briton only faced one break point throughout the match and lost just seven points off his first serve en route to his first main draw win in Eastbourne.

Fearnley played a solid level for the duration of the hour and 38 minute battle and led 4-1 in the second set tie-break but couldn’t get over the line to force a decider. Harris continued to slam down the first serves and on his third match point, the Briton connected on a strong return forcing Fearnley to send the ball long.

He'll play Charles Broom in the next round after second seed Tommy Paul pulled out of this year's comeptition.

Meanwhile, Max Purcell defeated Serbian Laslo Djere 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 in two hours, and Aleksandr Vukic upset Fabian Marozsan 6-2, 6-4.

The big upset of the day came as USA's Marcos Giron knocked out reigning champion Francisco Cerundolo 7-6(5), 7-6(4).

Ranah Stoiber, Ella McDonald, Charles Broom, Henry Searle and Giles Hussey bowed out in the final round of qualifying at the Rothesay International Eastboune on Sunday.

Stoiber exited after a close battle with top seed and world No.45 Magda Linette 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 in an hour and 55 minutes.

The young Brit – who claimed the biggest win of her career yesterday against Spain’s Cristina Bucsa – showed great fight to save break points at 4-4 in the second before going on to force the decider.

However, the Pole’s experience carried her through in the third. Stoiber had two chances to break back in the second game of the set at 15-40, but from there, Linette only lost two points on serve the rest of the way.

McDonald lost out on Court 1 to world No.70 Ashlyn Krueger 6-4, 6-0. 

The young Brit overturned an early 3-0 deficit in the opening set to get back to 4-4 before the American reeled off eight games to book her place in the main draw.

Over on Court 5, in-form Broom came within touching distance of his first ATP Tour main draw against Australia's James McCabe - narrowly losing out 6-7(1), 7-6(4), 7-5.

Broom had three match points in the second set and led 5-3 in the decider, but the Australian came out on top in the big moments, edging a hard earned victory in three hours and 17 minutes.

Searle lost out in a close battle against former Australian Open doubles champion Max Purcell 7-6(6), 6-4.

The 18-year-old Brit came back from a break down and had set point at 6-5 in the first set tie-break but was unable to push over the line. He stayed strong on serve throughout the second, but with the match on the line at 5-4, Purcell clinched the decisive break.

Hussey ran fifth seed Juncheng Shang close in his final qualifying match, but like his fellow compatriots, narrowly lost out 7-5, 7-6(5). 

British stars Ella McDonald, Ranah Stoiber, Henry Searle and Giles Hussey clinched the biggest wins of their career while Charles Broom's strong form on the grass continues Rothesay International Eastbourne.

Lexus Ilkley Trophy quarter-finalist McDonald clinched the upset of the day against world No.50 Ana Bogdan 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.

The British wild card had the perfect response after losing the second set - reeling off five straight games before closing out her best victory to date. 

Stoiber – who made the second round in Ilkley last week – beat world No.66 Cristina Bucsa 6-2, 7-5 in one hour and 27 minutes to move one match away from her first WTA 500 main draw. She will play qualifying top seed Magda Linette tomorrow in the second round.

Wimbledon boys’ champion Searle continued his strong form on the grass with his first top 100 victory against USA’s Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 6-3 in two hours and 34 minute.

The 18-year-old saved break point at the start of the second set before going on to edge a close tie-break. Searle hit 37 winners in another impressive performance – breaking the world No.84 twice in the decider to see out a landmark win.

He’ll play Max Purcell in the final round of qualifying after the Australian beat Jan Choinski 7-6(4), 6-4.

27-year-old Hussey got his first top 100 win over 2023 Rothesay Open Nottingham runner-up Arthur Cazaux 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 and will play either Oscar Otte or Juncheng Shang in the next round.

Fresh off the announcement that he'll have a main draw wild card at Wimbledon this year, Rothesay Open Nottingham runner-up Broom knocked out Argentina's Francisco Comesana 6-4,3-6, 7-5. He'll play Australia's James McCabe for a spot in the main draw.

However, Britain’s Sarah Beth Grey lost to former world No.25 Anhelina Kalinina 6-1, 6-3.

21-year-old Arthur Fery was also defeated by Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 6-3 in an hour and 27 minutes.