Britain’s Jacob Fearnley suffered a first-round defeat by Zizou Bergs on the Cincinnati Open.
Fearnley was making his debut on the match and was comfortably overwhelmed 6-1 6-4 by the Belgian.
The 24-year-old is ranked 55 on the planet – simply three locations beneath Bergs – however struggled in his first assembly with the 26-year-old.
Fearnley confronted 9 break factors on his serve, dropping 4, and will solely convert one of many two he earned.
His defeat follows a current first-round exit on the Canadian Open.
Within the girls’s draw, Britain’s Katie Boulter faces Olga Danilovic within the first spherical, with the winner taking part in British primary Emma Raducanu.
