Anna, the top seed in the qualifying competition, defeated Lenka Jurikova in her opening match and followed with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Frankova, the Czech who reached the quarterfinals last year and captured the doubles title.

Monte-Carlo Academy Director of Coaching David Sammel, who is with the 18-year-old in Prerov, believes Anna’s hard work is paying dividends. “We had an excellent week of practice in Roehampton last week and it was perfect that Anna was in qualifying as she needed to get match tight again,” said Sammel.

“Yesterday [against Jurikova] she started a little ropey but got better as the match progressed. Today she came out and eliminated the unnecessary errors and kept the pressure on throughout. Anna showed her class coming forward and the work done last week to help her read the net better is paying off.”

The main draw begins on Wednesday.