Boulter stunned in 'horrendous' second-round defeat

British number 1 Katie Boulter was knocked retired of nan US Open 2nd information successful a "horrendous" straight-set conclusion by Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.

Boulter, nan 31st seed, started powerfully successful nan opening set, breaking first earlier Bouzas Maneiro recovered her footing.

The world number 74 stormed into nan lead successful nan 2nd group and held disconnected a precocious surge to adjacent retired a 7-5 7-5 victory.

Boulter was heard saying "everything was horrendous" to her squad astatine nan broadside of nan court.

The 28-year-old has leapt up nan rankings aft a beardown 18 months, but she has yet to scope nan 2nd week of a Grand Slam.

Coming into nan US Open, Boulter admitted she was not arsenic prepared arsenic she mightiness person been for nan difficult courts aft playing astatine nan Olympics connected nan Paris clay.

She had conscionable 3 completed matches connected difficult courts earlier starting her run astatine Flushing Meadows.

Meanwhile, Bouzas Maneiro was classed extracurricular nan world's apical 150 astatine nan commencement of nan twelvemonth and had played conscionable 1 Grand Slam main tie match.

The 21-year-old has deed an awesome tally of form, beating defending champion Marketa Vondrousova connected nan measurement to reaching nan 3rd information of Wimbledon earlier retiring injured against eventual victor Barbora Krejcikova.

She will play sixth seed Jessica Pegula aliases erstwhile Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin successful nan 3rd round, who play later connected Thursday.