Katie Boulter and Cameron Norrie have been knocked out of Indian Wells on Sunday as each suffered straight-sets defeats within the third spherical.
Boulter’s run within the ladies’s singles ended because the British primary was crushed 6-0 7-5 by seventh seed Elena Rybakina.
Norrie was earlier dumped out of the lads’s singles because the British quantity two misplaced 6-3 7-5 to tenth seed Tommy Paul.
Their exits imply Sonay Kartal is the final Briton left within the ladies’s draw after claiming a career-best win in California, and Jack Draper the final British male.
Boulter was enjoying in her first match since January’s Australian Open due to a foot damage and obtained a first-round bye because the twenty fifth seed.
The 28-year-old then beat Irina-Camelia Begu to arrange a gathering with former Wimbledon champion Rybakina, who seemed set for a swift victory as she gained the primary seven video games to take the primary set in 26 minutes.
Boulter regrouped within the second set and broke Kazakhstan’s Rybakina to assert a 4-3 lead earlier than serving for the set at 5-4.
She saved her first two break factors however Rybakina took benefit of the third to degree it up and, after holding her serve, she broke Boulter because of a double fault on match level.
Rybakina will face both Russian ninth seed Mirra Andreeva or Denmark’s Clara Tauson within the fourth spherical.
Earlier, defending champion Iga Swiatek – chasing a 3rd straight title at Indian Wells – dominated Dayana Yastremska 6-0 6-2.
