Diez lost a tough one 57 62 63
But Polansky beat the #1 seeded qualifer! 75 76
He plays the Italian Adrian Mannarino on Saturday for a place in the main draw.
On the women's side, Dubois and Bouchard will both play on Court 13 starting at 4pm Mountain time (10am Friday Melbourne time)
Women's Qualifying Singles - 2nd Round
Mervana Jugic-Salkic (BIH) v
Stephanie Dubois (CAN) [18]
Women's Qualifying Singles - 2nd Round
Daria Gavrilova (RUS) v
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) [24]
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And bad news coming out of Tennis Canada, Vasek Pospisil has mono and will be out several months. That definitely makes him unavailable for Davis Cup. So who will be Canada's #2? I think it would have to be Polansky as this point, he's playing the best right now. As for doubles, do you make Milos play doubles as well or do you take a chance and select doubles specialist Adil Shamasdin (ranked 90th in the world in doubles). Problem is if you pick Shamasdin and Nestor and one of your singles guys get hurt, you're screwed.