A BRIT CHALLENGING

HEATHER WATSON had to dig deep before seeing off up-andcoming British rival Jodie die Burrage.

Watson (right) was tested despite being 200 places higher in the world rankings.

But Burrage, 21, eventually went down

4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in her first st ever tour-level match. British No.2 Watson faces Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova in the round of 32. Meanwhile, Dan

Evans fears quarantine will deny players preparation time to perforperform at their best for nexnext month’s Australian OOpen. Players must quarantine for 14 days on arrival in Melbourne and will be aallowed out of their hohotel rooms for five hourshour a day for training and meals.

British No.1 Evans said: “We will have to learn how to manage ourselves in that time.”