Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Court Suzanne Lenglen had nothing to separate the players in the first set, with Gill breaking back soon after giving up serve in the third game.
But Jackets went 3-0 up in the tie-break and Englishman Gill could not find a way back as the Frenchman secured the opener to the delight of the home crowd.
Jacquet maintained his momentum in the second set and hit the decider at 3-2 before winning his second match point in four games.
Norrie is the only one of the six British players selected in both singles draws.
Nori will open against Paraguay’s Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, while Fearnley will face Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the second round with world number one Janic Ciner likely to await.
Meanwhile, Samuel will face Australia’s eighth seed Alex de Mina.
Radukanu is given a tough first-round test against Argentine clay-court specialist Solana Sierra as Boulter opens against American wildcard Akasha Urhobo and 25-year-old Jones takes on Brazil’s 2023 semi-finalist Beatriz Haddad Maya.
