Jack Draper was dumped out of the Miami Open within the second spherical after Reilly Opelka took their two units into tie-breaks and received each.
The mammoth American, 6ft 11in tall, was touchdown serves that appeared nearly unreturnable.
Draper had come to Florida buoyed by a run to the quarter-finals in Indian Wells in solely his second ATP Tour occasion following nearly eight months out with an arm damage.
However his hopes of a repeat had been dashed as Opelka got here by the 2 tie-breaks to win 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-0).
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Chatting with Laura Robson, Jack Draper stated he is in a great place however he isn’t the place he desires to be for the Miami Open.
Opelka set the tone with 4 successive aces within the opening sport and he didn’t let up, ending with 25 aces and 47 winners.
Draper, who has by no means made it past the second spherical in Miami, made simply six unforced errors however couldn’t discover a chink in his opponent’s armour.
Defeat leaves Draper vulnerable to slipping additional down the rankings going into the clay-court swing after dropping the British No 1 spot to Cameron Norrie this week.
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Highlights of the WTA Miami Open match between Katie Boulter and Clara Tauson.
Katie Boulter is thru to the third spherical, although, after opponent Clara Tauson retired early within the deciding set of their rain-hit conflict.
The early levels had been stop-start due to showers and, when the match did lastly get going correctly, Boulter was unable to shut out a 5-3 lead within the opening set, shouting in frustration after dropping in a tie-break.
The British No 3 then trailed 2-0 within the second set however fought again to take it and had received the primary sport of the third when Dane Tauson, the seventeenth seed, determined she couldn’t proceed due to damage and known as it a day with Boulter main 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 1-0.
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