James McGee has been knocked out of the Australian Open in the second-last qualifying round before the tournament proper.
The Dubliner suffered a straight-sets defeat by Sydney's Dane Proppoggia 6-3, 6-4 at Melbourne Park.
McGee, who reached the opening round of the 2014 US Open, had cleared the first hurdle Down Under by beating Slovakia's Norbert Gombos 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.
As you crunch on your cornflakes back home, James McGee holds to go 2-1 up in the 2nd. He dropped the 1st 6-3 pic.twitter.com/sIUDl6dJQo
— Leigh Walsh (@LeighWalsh87) January 15, 2015
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