GB’s Norrie and Draper knocked out of Japan Open
Britain’s Cameron Norrie and Jack Draper were both knocked out in the first round of the Japan Open.
Norrie, British number one and world number 18, was beaten 6-4 6-3 by American top seed and defending champion Taylor Fritz in Tokyo.
Despite leading by a set and a break, Draper lost 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-1) to Australia’s Alex de Minaur.
British number two Dan Evans plays Austrian Filip Misolic in the first round of the Stockholm Open on Tuesday.
From 4-2 up in the first set, Scot Norrie lost seven successive games en route to an 11th defeat in 14 matches.
World number 10 Fritz will meet Japanese wildcard Shintaro Mochizuki or Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the second round.
Fourth seed De Minaur faces the winner of the all-Argentine tie between Diego Schwartzman and Francisco Cerundolo.