New Malden’s Melanie South reached the quarter-finals of last week’s ITF $25k event Darwin, Australia, before falling to Australian Olivia Rogowska.

South was beaten 6-3 6-3 having battled through extreme heat to beat Thailand’s Varatchay Wong Tean Chai 7-5 4-6 6-4 or Aussie Monika Wejnert 7-5 6-0 in her opening two rounds.