British males’s primary Jack Draper light within the sweltering Paris warmth because the nation’s curiosity within the Olympics singles ended within the second spherical.
Draper, 22, misplaced 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 2-6 to American seventh seed Taylor Fritz on the Roland Garros clay.
“It was brutal on the market,” Draper mentioned.
After a robust and aggressive begin which led to the primary set, Draper was unable to take any of six break factors within the third recreation of the second set.
Fritz, 26, hanging on proved to be pivotal.
The vitality gave the impression to be sapped out of Draper, who has struggled within the early a part of his profession with health issues, by a prolonged rally within the fourth recreation.
The world quantity 27 was damaged within the sixth recreation and, from that time, the match shortly slipped away from him.
Persevering with to wilt in temperatures of over 30C, Draper misplaced vary together with his groundstrokes and energy in his serves as Fritz gained 10 of the following 13 video games to succeed in the final 16.
“It’s the hottest situations since I have been out in America at the beginning of the 12 months, so I am not used to it,” added Draper, who complained he was unable to entry chilly water through the match.
“My physicality nonetheless has to get higher however I gave my all.”
Afterward Tuesday, retiring British icon Andy Murray prolonged his profession with one other win alongside Dan Evans within the males’s doubles.
The British pair beat Belgium’s Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen within the second spherical and have reached the quarter-finals.
Katie Boulter and Heather Watson earned an excellent 6-2 6-3 win over German pair Angelique Kerber and Laura Siegemund within the girls’s doubles, earlier than Watson misplaced alongside Joe Salisbury within the blended doubles later.
