the 27th seed beat france s alize cornet fairly comfortably in straight sets. and she ll face polish seventh seed iga swiatek after she came through a marathon match with estonia s kaia kanepi. it lasted more than 3 hours, with swaitek eventually taking the match in three sets. now 10 days until the start of the six nations and already there s been a blow for england captain owen farrell will miss the entire tournament with an ankle injury that requires surgery.the 30 year old who has 94 caps, was going to guide fly half marcus smith through his first six nations campaign, but farrell injured his ankle in a collision while training at club side saracens. he s expected to undergo surgery later today. it s been a disappointing ashes series for england women so far. they lost the first t20 by nine wickets and then the next two matches had to be abandoned