Some good news from Paris, as both qualifying rounds were completed today after yesterday's near washout. Ashley Hewitt looked to have the best chance of qualifying given his ability on clay and the draw (the other seed was an American who lost to a French wildcard), and took full advantage to join Ollie in the main draw

QR1

(10) Ashley Hewitt (GBR) d. Pavel Krainik (CAN) 6-4 6-4
Miki Jankovic (SRB) d. (6) Jack Carpenter (GBR) 6-4 3-6 6-3
Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND) d. (11) Tom Allen (GBR) 6-1 6-4

FQR

(10) Ashley Hewitt (GBR) d. (WC) Antoine Fouche (FRA) 6-2 7-6 (1)

The main draw is out, and Ashley has a poor reward for his efforts, having been drawn against one of the best performers in the clay season (including winning an Italian Grade 1 followed by a semi in the Trofeo Bonfiglio). Ollie has a decent first round draw against a slightly lower ranked French player, who has not shown much form this year. However Australian Open champion and ATP 800 Tiago Fernandes is his likely second round opponent.

R1

(WC) Mick Lescure (FRA) v Oliver Golding (GBR)
(8) Dominic Thiem (AUT) v (Q) Ashley Hewitt (GBR)

Ashley off to a good start, and leads 2-1*

Now back on serve *3-3.

Argh. Broken again. 5-4*

Ashley gets the first break of the second set and will serve for the set *5-3

After 7 service holds, we have have our third break in a row. However, that's good for Ashley as he takes the second set 6-4.