Turkish players lose in Australian Open qualifiers

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Çağla Büyükakçay also failed in her attempt to make it through to the main tournament, after losing to Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in three sets. AA Photo

There will be no players from Turkey in this year’s Australian Open after Marsel İlhan and Çağla Büyükakçay lost their games in the qualifying round yesterday.

İlhan lost to United States’ Wayne Odesnik 6-1, 7-6 in the men’s qualifying singles second round game. İlhan, who has climbed to as high as 87th in 2010, is currently 186th in the men’s rankings.

Büyükakçay also failed in her attempt to make it through to the main tournament, after losing to Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in three sets. After winning the first set 6-2, Büyükakçay lost the next two sets 6-3, 6-3 to bow out of the qualifiers.