Katie Boulter: British No 1 beaten by qualifier Lesia Tsurenko in Wuhan Open first round

Katie Boulter bowed out in the first round of the Wuhan Open with a disappointing defeat to qualifier Lesia Tsurenko.

Boulter was error-strewn throughout against Ukrainian Tsurenko, ranked 62 places lower at 96 in the world, and fell to a 6-2 7-5 loss.

The British No 1 failed to hold serve in the opening set and, although she improved in the second, she never looked comfortable and a break in the 11th game proved her undoing.

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Boulter's form has tailed off over the second half of the season, with the 28-year-old winning more than one match in a week only once since Wimbledon.

What's coming up on Sky Sports Tennis in October?

• Shanghai Masters - ATP 1000 (October 2-13)
• Wuhan Open - WTA 1000 (October 6-12)
• Almaty Open, Kazakhstan - ATP 250 (October 14-20)
• Stockholm Open, Sweden - ATP 250 (October 14-20)
• European Open, Antwerp - ATP 250 (October 14-20)
• Japan Open, Osaka - WTA 250 (October 14-20)
• Ningbo Open, China - WTA 500 (October 14-20)
• Erste Bank Open, Vienna - ATP 500 (October 21-27)
• Swiss Indoors, Basel - ATP 500 (October 21-27)
• Guangzhou Open, China - WTA 250 (October 21-27)
• Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis, Tokyo - WTA 500 (October 21-27)

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