Storm Hunter and Tristan Schoolkate have cleared the first of three hurdles to reach the main draw of the French Open but there were four more fallers on another disappointing day for Australian hopefuls.
Eleven arrived on the clay of Roland Garros, but only three are left with Bernard Tomic, the only survivor of five Australians involved on Monday.
Hunter won her place by knocking out another Aussie, teen prodigy Tahlia Kokkinis, while Schoolkate defeated Belgian Kimmer Coppejans in a three-setter.
Priscilla Hon and Maddison Inglis were both seeded but lost in straight sets. James McCabe lost to Zdenek Kolar 6-3 7-6 (7-1).
Inglis was beaten 6-1 7-5 by American Robin Montgomery while Hon went down to France's Jessika Ponchet 7-5 6-2.
That left Hunter and 17-year-old wildcard Kokkinis to fight to be the last Australian women standing. Hunter,14 years her senior, won eight of the last nine games to take the tie 6-3 6-1.
