Australian tennis trio Casey Dellacqua, Olivia Rogowska and Matt Reid have won through to the second round of US Open qualifying in New York.
The three were among a dozen Australians hoping to join former champions Samantha Stosur and Lleyton Hewitt, along with Bernard Tomic, Marinko Matosevic and men’s wildcard James Duckworth in the main draw.
The season’s final grand slam event gets underway on Monday.
Dellacqua beat American Chieh-Yu Hsu 6-3 6-2 in the first round of qualifying at Flushing Meadows, while Rogowska outclassed Australian-born eighth seed Johanna Konta of Britian 7-5 6-4.
In the men’s qualifying event, Reid defeated German Andreas Beck 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 – but fellow Australians Matthew Ebden, Sam Groth and Matthew Barton both lost in the first round.
Australian Open junior champion Nick Kyrgios will face Greg Jones in an all-Australian first-round qualifying match, while Monique Adamczak, Sacha Jones, Storm Sanders and sisters Anastasia and Arina Rodionova also open their campaigns on Thursday.