Nice Britain’s Jodie Burrage suffered defeat to Ajla Tomljanovic as she was knocked out of the ATX Open in Austin, Texas on the last-16 stage.
The British participant, who had overwhelmed Petra Kvitova within the earlier spherical, began strongly earlier than shedding 4-6 6-3 6-0 to the Australian.
Burrage, ranked 189, broke Tomljanovic, who’s 111 on this planet, within the seventh recreation and that proved to be sufficient for her to take the opening set.
The 25-year-old’s serve within the win towards Kvitova was key as she despatched down 14 aces and she or he produced six aces within the first set towards Tomljanovic.
Nonetheless, Burrage was damaged within the fourth recreation of the second set when she served a double fault to go 3-1 down.
She utilized loads of stress in making an attempt to retrieve the break however Tomljanovic, 31, held her nerve to serve out for the second set.
The decider was a one-sided affair as Burrage lower a pissed off determine as she did not win a recreation.
