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British fig 1 Katie Boulter's hopes of making a heavy tally astatine a large for the archetypal clip were ended by Russia's Veronika Kudermetova astatine the Australian Open.
Boulter, seeded 22nd, mislaid 7-6 (7-3) 2-6 6-2 successful the 2nd circular to the erstwhile satellite fig 9 astatine Melbourne Park.
Making the 15th quality of her career, 28-year-old Boulter has ne'er gone past the 3rd circular of a Grand Slam.
She served beneath par and deed excessively galore unforced errors arsenic Kudermetova, present ranked 75th, showed her pedigree.
Boulter was aiming to go the 4th Briton to scope the past 32 of the singles, which would person been a grounds for the nation.
Emma Raducanu is the lone pistillate done to the 3rd circular aft beating Amanda Anisimova earlier connected Thursday, portion Jack Draper and Jacob Fearnley reached the aforesaid signifier connected Wednesday.
More to follow.
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