Britain’s Sonay Kartal suffered a first-round defeat to Caroline Garcia on the Cincinnati Open.
The 23-year-old was overwhelmed 7-5 4-6 3-6 by her French opponent, who gained the 2022 match.
Garcia, the previous world quantity 4, will now face Karolina Muchova after the 31-year-old’s first victory since 19 March, having introduced in Might, exterior she would retire later this 12 months.
Kartal’s loss adopted first-round exits for fellow Britons Katie Boulter and Jacob Fearnley.
Boulter, 29, was overwhelmed 6-0 7-5 by Serbia’s Olga Danilovic, who will now face Emma Raducanu – who lately dethroned Boulter as British ladies’s primary – within the second spherical.
