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Dart and Norrie fall short on chastening first day for British hopes at Wimbledon
Ten out of 10 is a great statistic, unless the 10 are losers. British tennis endured its worst day at Wimbledon this century as all 10 Britons who completed their matches were beaten. And it might have been 11 had the light not faded on Jack Pinnington Jones, who trails Brandon Nakashima by two sets and 4-3.
TL;DR
- All 10 Britons who completed their matches at Wimbledon were defeated, marking the worst day for British tennis this century.
- Harriet Dart lost to Jelena Ostapenko despite holding a break advantage twice in the final set.
- Cam Norrie was defeated in a final-set tie-break by Michael Zheng, an American college champion.
- Injuries forced Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper to withdraw before their matches.
- Several other British players, including Hannah Klugman, Mika Stojsavljevic, Alicia Dudeney, Mimi Xu, Max Basing, Felix Gill, Fran Jones, and Oliver Tarvet, also lost their matches.