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GB's Broady through in Aegon Classic

Venue: Aegon Classic, Birmingham Dates: 15-21 June

Coverage: Regular updates on the BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 live

British wildcard Naomi Broady beat Ajla Tomljanovic in the first round of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham.

Stockport's Broady, 25, ranked 224th in the world, beat the 79th-ranked Croat 6-3 6-4.

Fellow Briton Johanna Konta will face Slovakia's Jarmila Gajdosova later on Monday on Edgbaston's Centre Court.

And USA-based 16-year-old Katie Swan, from Bristol, will make her WTA Tour event debut on Monday against Tsvetana Pironkova.