British pair Emma Raducanu and Harriet Dart misplaced in straight units within the first spherical of the Madrid Open.
Raducanu, 21, was overwhelmed 6-2 6-2 by Argentine qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle.
Dart, who gained two qualifying matches to achieve the principle draw, held a 4-0 lead in her second set in opposition to Spain’s Cristina Bucsa however misplaced 6-4 6-4.
Within the males’s draw, Britain’s Jack Draper will start his event in opposition to Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis in a while Wednesday.
Raducanu was set to play Karolina Pliskova in her opening match however the former world primary pulled out of the event due to a wrist harm.
The Briton, ranked quantity 221 on the earth, reached her first WTA quarter-final in 19 months on the Stuttgart Open final week as she continues her comeback from an injury-hit 2023 season.
However Raducanu, who dropped to 303rd on the earth following wrist and ankle operations final yr, was unable to get better after falling a double break of serve behind in each units in opposition to her 82nd-ranked opponent.
The 2021 US Open champion has returned to raised type in current weeks, serving to Britain beat France in the Billie Jean King Cup earlier than defeating Angelique Kerber and Linda Noskova in Stuttgart.
Elsewhere on the Madrid Open, four-time main champion Naomi Osaka progressed with a snug 6-4 6-1 win in opposition to Belgium’s Greet Minnen.