Boulter knocked out of Cincinnati Open in first round

British number 1 Katie Boulter mislaid 9 games successful a statement arsenic she was beaten 2-6 6-0 7-5 by Magda Linette successful nan Cincinnati Open first round.

Boulter collapsed Linette doubly successful nan opening group to return nan lead but Poland's world number 43 responded successful awesome fashion.

Linette dominated nan 2nd group - dropping conscionable 8 points - to 'bagel' her British force successful conscionable 25 minutes.

The Pole past powered into a lead astatine nan commencement of nan 3rd set, earning her fourth-straight break of service to move 3-0 up.

Boulter, nan world number 30, clawed her measurement backmost into contention to level nan group astatine 4-4 and saved 2 lucifer points astatine 5-4.

But she was incapable to prevention a 3rd lucifer constituent connected her adjacent work crippled arsenic Linette booked her spot successful nan 2nd round, wherever she will look either Wang Xinyu aliases Liudmila Samsonova.