{"id":286821,"date":"2023-08-27T09:35:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T09:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=286821"},"modified":"2023-08-27T09:35:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T09:35:24","slug":"lily-miyazaki-qualifies-for-first-ever-grand-slam-at-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/tennis\/lily-miyazaki-qualifies-for-first-ever-grand-slam-at-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Lily Miyazaki qualifies for first ever Grand Slam at US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lily Miyazaki qualifies for first ever Grand Slam at US Open in boost for Brits &#8211; but Liam Broady crashes out of qualifying at the final hurdle<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lily Miyazaki, British No 7, has qualified for her first Grand Slam &#8211; the US Open<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>She has steadily climbed the rankings to 199th in the world after a maths degree<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>However, Liam Broady lost in the final qualifying round to Sho\u00a0Shimabukuro<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The British contingent at the US Open found itself unexpectedly bolstered last night when GB number seven Lily Miyazaki qualified for a Grand Slam for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The 29 year-old based in Surrey will play in the main draw after overcoming Slovakia\u2019s Viktoria Hruncakova 6-3 4-6 6-3 in steaming humidity at Flushing Meadows in the third round of the preliminaries. She will face Margarita Betova in the first round proper.<\/p>\n<p>Miyazaki was born in Tokyo but her parents moved to London when she was ten, having emigrated to Switzerland when she was five.<\/p>\n<p>She has steadily climbed the rankings to her current position of 199 after making a late entry into the game following the completion of a degree in mathematics at the University of Oklahoma, where she combined studying with tennis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/27\/09\/74764873-0-image-a-1_1693125685642.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lily Miyazaki qualified for her debut Grand Slam and will face Margarita Betova in the first round of the US Open (pictured at Surbiton)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/27\/09\/74764863-0-image-a-2_1693125923967.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Liam Broady did not qualify after losing to Sho\u00a0Shimabukuro in the final qualifying round for the US Open (pictured at Wimbledon)<\/p>\n<p>Not long after deciding to concentrate on giving the tour a proper go the pandemic hit, disrupting her progress. Her only notable prior performance was taking French number one Caroline Garcia to a third set tiebreak in the first round at Wimbledon last year after being given a wildcard.<\/p>\n<p>This summer she was knocked out of the second round of qualifying at SW19, and has spent most of her time playing on the lower tiers of the circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Broady, who has been closing in on reaching the world\u2019s top 100 for the first time, was left bitterly disappointed after losing 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Japan\u2019s Sho Shimabukuro in the final round of the men\u2019s qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12450197\/Lily-Miyazaki-qualifies-Grand-Slam-Open-boost-Brits-Liam-Broady-crashes-qualifying-final-hurdle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Lily Miyazaki qualifies for first ever Grand Slam at US Open in boost for Brits &#8211; but Liam Broady crashes out of qualifying at the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/tennis\/lily-miyazaki-qualifies-for-first-ever-grand-slam-at-us-open\/\" title=\"Lily Miyazaki qualifies for first ever Grand Slam at US Open\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lily Miyazaki qualifies for first ever Grand Slam at US Open - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/tennis\/lily-miyazaki-qualifies-for-first-ever-grand-slam-at-us-open\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lily Miyazaki qualifies for first ever Grand Slam at US Open - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lily Miyazaki qualifies for first ever Grand Slam at US Open in boost for Brits &#8211; 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