NAOMI Broady was unable to take advantage of her lucky loser spot as she lost in the opening round of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz tournament.

The British No 3 was beaten in the final round of qualifying but was given a second chance and a favourable draw against Bulgarian qualifier Viktoriya Tomova.

All looked to be going smoothly for the former Woodhouse Grove pupil as she won the first set without facing a break point – but Tomova hit back to take the second on a tie-break.

Broady battled back after losing the first four games of the decider and saved two match points at 5-3 but eventually fell to a 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 defeat.