With a 6-1, 6-3 defeat to seventh seed Linda Noskova, British wild card Francesca Jones lost to miss out on a chance to reach the top of the standings at Nottingham.
The 24-year-old battled valiantly against the world number 32 to save 20 break points in the match when the 24-year-old learned she had been given a wild card for the Wimbledon main draw the day before.
However, as Czech Noskova advanced to the quarter-finals against Slovakia’s Rebecca Sramkova, who defeated fourth seed Yulia Putintseva 6-1, 4:6, 6-4, she was broken twice in each set.
Leylah Fernandez defeated Cristina Bucsa 6-3, 6-4, and Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine defeated Croatia’s Antonia Ruzic 6-2, 6 6-4 in the other WTA 250 match of the day.
A Briton will be able to reach the quarter-finals on Thursday when Katie Boulter takes on Sonay Kartal. Briton Mimi Xu, 17, who faces sixth-seeded Magda Linette of Poland, is also hoping to advance.
In a gruesome encounter that lasted three hours and 21 minutes, defending champion Jessica Pegula was eliminated from the Berlin Open in the last 16 by Liudmila Samsonova, who had earlier lost 6-7 (10-8) 7-5 7-6 (7-5) in one of the other pre-Wimbledon grass-court events.
Ons Jabeur, a two-time Wimbledon champion, defeated fourth seed Jasmine Paolini 6-1, 6-3, to reach the quarter-finals.
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Source: BBC
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