British primary Katie Boulter misplaced 9 video games in a row as she was overwhelmed 2-6 6-0 7-5 by Magda Linette within the Cincinnati Open first spherical.
Boulter broke Linette twice within the opening set to take the lead however Poland’s world quantity 43 responded in spectacular style.
Linette dominated the second set – dropping simply eight factors – to ‘bagel’ her British opponent in simply 25 minutes.
The Pole then powered right into a lead in the beginning of the third set, incomes her fourth-straight break of serve to maneuver 3-0 up.
Boulter, the world quantity 30, clawed her means again into competition to degree the set at 4-4 and saved two match factors at 5-4.
However she was unable to save lots of a 3rd match level on her subsequent service recreation as Linette booked her spot within the second spherical, the place she is going to face both Wang Xinyu or Liudmila Samsonova.
