British No. 1 Katie Boulter has been knocked-out of the Wuhan Open in the first round after a straight-set defeat to Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko.
The Ukrainian breezed past Boulter in the first set winning 6-2 whilst the second set was a closer match-up between the pair, ending 7-5 in favour of Tsurenko.
The previous meeting between the pair was in San Diego in which Boulter took the victory before going on to win the tournament.
The Ukrainian will next play Poland’s Magda Linette in the Round-of-32.
