Katie Boulter battles through to set British record at Australian Open

Katie Boulter battled through to the second round (Vincent Thian/AP) - (AP)

Katie Boulter survived an intense encounter with Canada’s Rebecca Marino to help set a new British record at the Australian Open.

For the first time, six British players have won first-round matches but Boulter had to work extremely hard to join Jack Draper, Emma Raducanu, Jodie Burrage, Harriet Dart and Jacob Fearnley in round two.