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Watson through in Madrid despite defeat

British number two Heather Watson secured a place in the Madrid Open despite losing in the qualifying round.

Watson lost 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 to Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni but went through as a lucky loser after Yulia Putintseva withdrew because of illness.

British number three Naomi Broady lost 3-6 6-3 6-3 to Monica Puig in a match lasting two hours and seven minutes.

Laura Robson will take on Victoria Azarenka in the main draw after using her protected ranking of 58 to enter.

The 22-year-old missed 17 months with a wrist injury, and has won just one WTA main draw match since returning last summer.