Wrexham's Megan Davies to play in first qualifying round as Lexus Wrexham Open starts tomorrow

North Wales will be represented when the Lexus Wrexham Open starts tomorrow (Sunday) with local player Megan Davies receiving a wild card to play in the qualifying round.

It means a welcome return to a venue she knows so well for Wrexham-born Megan, who trained and played at the Wrexham Tennis & Padel Centre for 12 years after first picking up a racket at the age of four. ? Megan has been handed a tough draw in tomorrow's first qualifying round against Australian Lizette Cabrera, who is currently ranked 312 in the world and is seeded seventh in qualifying.

She was as high as 119 in the WTA rankings in 2020. It is scheduled to be the second match to be played in the Carden Park Arena, the main show court for the World Tennis Tour W100 tournament, with more than 600 seats assembled in stands next to the court for this week's much anticipated event.

Megan also played in the qualifying rounds at last year's first Lexus Wrexham Open and performed well, taking the first set of her match against Czech player Ivana Sebestova before eventually losing 4-6, 6-1, 6-0.

Dave Courteen, the tournament promoter, said: "It's great news that Megan will be playing in the Lexus Wrexham Open for a second year and she can certainly expect to receive plenty of support from the local tennis fans in the crowd.

"It's lovely to have a player from Wrexham in action at the start of the tournament and there will be a lot of people who know Megan who will be looking forward to watching her match against Lizette Cabrera.

"The top six seeded players in qualifying are all ranked inside the world's top 300, which underlines the quality of this week's event ahead of the main draw matches starting on Tuesday."

Tomorrow's opening qualifying match in the Carden Park Arena is between Germany's Anna-Lena Friedsam, who has a career-high world ranking of 45 and is a former champion of this event, and British wild card Sophie Bekker.

The first qualifying round, which feature a host of British players, starts at 10am on Sunday morning, with admission £8 for adults and £4 for under-16s, which includes a 44-page tournament programme.