British primary Cameron Norrie was knocked out within the first spherical of the French Open with a five-set defeat by Russian Pavel Kotov.
World quantity 57 Kotov dominated Norrie within the deciding set to win 4-6 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2, and file simply his second victory in a Grand Slam.
It’s the first time Norrie has misplaced within the opening spherical of a serious for the reason that 2022 Australian Open.
He’s the third Briton to lose within the first spherical of this yr’s event after Andy Murray and Jack Draper had been overwhelmed on day one.
Harriet Dart, who performs afterward Monday, Katie Boulter and Dan Evans are the final three Britons within the singles draw.
Norrie has had a troublesome build-up to Roland Garros. After reaching the quarter-finals of Indian Wells in March the 28-year-old misplaced 5 of his subsequent 10 matches.
The thirty second seed was damaged early within the first set and at one stage trailed 4-1 however gained 5 consecutive video games to take a 1-0 lead.
Within the second set he had two break factors saved within the opening sport earlier than dropping his serve at 5-3 as Kotov rallied.
The pair traded breaks in the beginning of the third, with Kotov dropping his serve late within the set earlier than Norrie held to like to take a 2-1 lead.
Norrie was then damaged early within the fourth and at one level trailed 4-1, earlier than recovering to 5-4 down and saving a set level.
Within the tie-break he got here again from 5-2 right down to stage however then hit two errors to take the match to a decider.
Within the fifth set Norrie was damaged in his first two service video games as Kotov cruised into the second spherical for the primary time.
Stan Wawrinka, champion in 2015, awaits Kotov subsequent after the Swiss 39-year-old defeated Andy Murray in straight units on day one.