Teenage Australian ace Destanee Aiava has crashed to a disappointing first-round loss in French Open qualifying in Paris.

The 18-year-old let slip a golden opportunity to edge towards a main-draw berth at Roland Garros for the first time, collapsing from a set and a service break up in a 2-6 6-3 6-2 defeat to China’s Fangzhou Liu on Wednesday.

After dominating the opening set and cruising at 3-1 up in the second, Aiava lost seven games straight to invite Liu back into the contest.

The errors continued to flow in the deciding set as Aiava – a former winner of the Longines Future Tennis Aces event at Roland Garros that earned her an exhibition match against the great Steffi Graf – failed to progress beyond the first round of qualifying for the second successive year.

Aiava is among eight Australians in action on Wednesday, with Arina Rodionova another early casualty, the 15th seed falling 6-3 6-4 to French wildcard Harmony Tan.

Priscilla Hon, Lizette Cabrera and Olivia Rogowska, who resumes at one set all against Kathinka Von Deichmann after rained forced the suspension of play on Tuesday, are also trying to reach the second round.

Bernard Tomic, Thanasi Kokkinakis and rising star Akira Santillan all play second-round qualifying matches, hoping to join Nick Kyrgios, Matt Ebden, John Millman, Jordan Thompson, James Duckworth and Alex de Minaur in the men’s main draw.

Kyrgios’s French Open prospects are on the up, with the Australian No.1 making a winning return to the court after almost six weeks out with an elbow injury.

Kyrgios teamed with American Jack Sock to record a first-round doubles victory at the ATP clay-court event in Lyon.

The pair’s 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 win over Federico Delbonis and Joao Sousa was Kyrgios’s first match since losing in the quarter-finals in Houston last month and returning home to Canberra for treatment.

The world No.23 has opted against playing singles this week and appears to be racing the clock to be fully fit for Roland Garros starting on Sunday.