Heather Watson and Cameron Norrie suffer Mexican Open first-round exits
British No 3 Norrie loses to Dominic Thiem in ATP run tournament in Acapulco
Wednesday 28 February 2018 12:57, UK
Heather Watson and Cameron Norrie suffered tough three-set defeats in the opening round of the Mexican Open.
Watson, who helped Great Britain into the World Group II play-offs, had begun the season well with a run to the semi-finals in Hobart but has since struggled for form on the WTA circuit with early exits at the Australian Open and St Petersburg Ladies' Trophy qualifying lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia in Acapulco.
Watson had never previously met her Brazilian opponent and both players were evenly matched in the early stages before Haddad Maia secured the opener 7-5.
The world No 71 recovered to take the second set 6-4 but was unable to build upon the momentum swing and lost the deciding set 6-1, as the Brazilian world No 60 booked a meeting with second seed Kristina Mladenovic.
Meanwhile, Norrie also fell to a first-round defeat to Dominic Thiem in the same tournament on the ATP Tour in Acapulco.
Norrie, who impressed with a victory against Roberto Bautista Agut on his Davis Cup debut against Spain, suffered a 6-3 5-7 7-5 defeat against the Austrian world No 6 at the outdoor hard court tournament.
You can watch the Tie Break Tens tournament live from Madison Square Gardens in New York on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Mix from midnight on Monday, and don't forget you can watch repeats on Sky Sports Action from midday on Tuesday and 7pm on Sky Sports Action & Sky Sports Mix.
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