New Malden’s Melanie South missed out on a place in the final of the ITF Alice Springs women’s singles in Australia.

She lost 5-7 6-4 6-3 to top seed Sacha Jones, the world number 184, in the $25k event.

The British number eight had beaten Daniella Dominikovic 6-3 5-7 6-1 in the quarter-finals.

Laura Robson made it into the main draw of the WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open ladies’ singles this week before bowing out in the first round proper.

The Wimbledon-born player beat Simona Halep 2-6 6-2 6-4 to progress from the qualifying rounds but lost 6-4 6-3 to Hungarian Greta Arn.

Southfields’ Jamie Delgado, and Jonathan Marray reached the men’s doubles final of the Turk Telekom Izmir Cup but lost 6-2 6-4 to Rameez Junaid and Frank Moser.

The second-ranked pair had beaten Treat Conrad Huey and Dominic Inglot 6-3 6-7 10-3 earlier in the week.

Leatherhead’s Chris Eaton and Surbiton’s Joshua Goodall fell in the semi-finals of the ATP Challenger Tour in Bangkok, Thailand, losing 6-3 7-5 to the top seeds.

Rhett Purcell, 14, who is originally from Sutton but now lives in New Zealand, reached the semi-finals of the boys’ doubles at the grade five ITF Waikato U18 Championships in New Zealand.

Making his debut at this level Purcell and Alexander Klintcharov lost 6-2, 6-4 to Artem Vassiliev and Jamie Yates.