Katie Boulter is out of the Pan Pacific Open.<\/p>\n
Boulter suffered a straight-sets loss to Germany’s Eva Lys in the first round of the tournament in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
The British No 3 struggled to keep up with the world No 44, as Lys wrapped up a 6-2 6-1 win in just one hour and 14 minutes.<\/p>\n
After grinding her way through qualifying, Boulter was the only British player in the main draw after Emma Raducanu withdrew following struggles with illness.<\/p>\n
The previous day Boulter had battled to victory to qualify when she beat Kimberly Birrell.<\/p>\n
Then she had to fight back from a set down before breaking Australian Birrell when she served for the match in the decider to claim a 3-6 6-3 7-6 (2) victory.<\/p>\n
It has been a difficult season for Boulter but she did post one of her best victories of the year in Osaka last week against Linda Noskova.<\/p>\n
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