Katie Boulter was crushed by Lesia Tsurenko within the first spherical of the Wuhan Open

Katie Boulter is out of the Wuhan Open after a straight-sets loss to Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko.

The British participant was crushed 6-2 7-5 within the first spherical by the world quantity 96.

Boulter went down 3-0 in a topsy-turvy first set that produced six breaks, together with 5 in a row, and Tsurenko took it in 43 minutes.

The second set was extra aggressive, with Tsurenko making a decisive break within the eleventh sport earlier than holding on for victory.

The Ukrainian will play Poland’s Magda Linette, who beat eleventh seed Liudmila Samsonov 6-2 6-2.