Nice Britain’s Lily Miyazaki was unable to affix compatriot Sonay Kartal within the quarter-finals of the Jasmin Open as she fell to Croatia’s Antonia Ruzic.
Miyazaki, the British quantity 5, was aiming to succeed in the final eight of a WTA Tour event for the primary time.
However Ruzic, ranked 173rd on the earth, wanted 71 minutes to finish a 6-3 6-1 win over the 28-year-old in Tunisia and arrange a gathering with Italian seventh seed Lucia Bronzetti, who overcame American Ann Li 6-4 7-6 (7-3).
On Wednesday, Kartal reached the first WTA quarter-final of her career with a straight-set victory over Japan’s Mai Hontama.
Elsewhere, Britain’s Francesca Jones moved into the final eight of a WTA 125 occasion in Slovenia as she beat Croatia’s Petra Marcinko 7-5 6-1.
Bradford-born Jones, 23, will face Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva of Andorra subsequent.