WIMBLEDON — There have been some dark days in British tennis, but few worse than this.
Never in the Open era, which started in 1968, have 10 Brits lost a singles match in the same day at Wimbledon.
“It’s fair to say there were some bloody tough draws,” explained Fran Jones, whose defeat to Diane Parry took the Brits to double figures on the day.
And there certainly were. More than half of Britain’s singles entrants drew players ranked inside the top 50, an echelon that only contains two British players. But statistics could not hide the grim reality that so many Brits had been handed wildcard opportunities at the grass-court major and none had grasped the chance.
Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu withdrew through injury
