Heather Watson is out of the Korea Open following a straight-sets defeat by Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk in Seoul.
The 32-year-old qualifier, ranked 183rd on the earth, misplaced 6-2 6-2 within the second spherical.
World quantity 18 Kostyuk, 22, will meet Russian Diana Shnaider, 20, within the quarter-finals after sealing a simple victory.
British quantity two Emma Raducanu earned a hard-fought win towards American Peyton Stearns on Tuesday and can play China’s Yue Yuan for a spot within the final eight.
Watson, who final month did not qualify for the US open major draw, responded instantly after dropping serve in her opening recreation – however Kostyuk received 5 of the subsequent six video games to take the opening set.
The Briton, whose opening victory over China’s Jia-Jing Lu was solely her third major draw win this season, couldn’t mount a fightback as Kostyuk raced to victory with a double break within the second set.