Katie Boulter is out of the Pan Pacific Open.
Boulter suffered a straight-sets loss to Germany’s Eva Lys in the first round of the tournament in Tokyo.
The British No 3 struggled to keep up with the world No 44, as Lys wrapped up a 6-2 6-1 win in just one hour and 14 minutes.
After grinding her way through qualifying, Boulter was the only British player in the main draw after Emma Raducanu withdrew following struggles with illness.
The previous day Boulter had battled to victory to qualify when she beat Kimberly Birrell.
Then she had to fight back from a set down before breaking Australian Birrell when she served for the match in the decider to claim a 3-6 6-3 7-6 (2) victory.
It has been a difficult season for Boulter but she did post one of her best victories of the year in Osaka last week against Linda Noskova.
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