Katie Boulter: British number three beaten by Eva Lys in Pan Pacific Open

British quantity three Katie Boulter’s poor run of kind continued with a straight-sets loss to world quantity 44 Eva Lys within the first spherical of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.

Boulter, 29, was overwhelmed 6-2 6-1 in only one hour and 14 minutes by the 23-year-old German.

After coming by way of two rounds of qualifying, she was the one British participant in the primary draw after Emma Raducanu withdrew, ending her season early by way of sickness.

The Briton was solely capable of win 50% of the factors on her first serve and was damaged 5 occasions by Lys.

This newest defeat caps a disappointing run of kind, which has seen the previous world quantity 29 unable to progress past the second spherical of a event for the reason that Nottingham Open in June.

It additionally comes 5 days after the Briton misplaced in straight units within the second spherical of the Japan Open by world quantity 51 Sorana Cirstea.

Elsewhere, British quantity 4 Fran Jones was overwhelmed in straight units by China’s Wang Xiyu within the first spherical of the Guangzhou Open.

Seventh seed Jones was damaged 4 occasions within the match as she misplaced 6-4 6-4 to the world quantity 163.