John-Patrick Smith and Bradley Mousley have failed to win through to the Australian Open main draw with Bernard Tomic’s final-round qualifier to come.

Heavy rain over the past three days has delayed qualifying to the Sunday on the eve of the tournament, usually left as a rest day.

The delay didn’t help the local hopes, who lost in straight sets on Sunday morning.

Smith was defeated by Kevin King of USA 6-4 7-6 (8-6) in 1hr 29min.

He had the chance to serve out the second set at 6-5 but lost the game and a subsequent tiebreak.

Mousley, 22, will have to a wait a little longer to make his debut at a grand slam after falling in 70 minutes to Spaniard Jaime Munar 7-5 6-2.

Tomic and Priscilla Hon will aim to reach the main draw with matches on Sunday afternoon.

Tomic faces Italian Lorenzo Sonego and Hon takes on American Irina Falconi.