Ten British players lost in the first ten hours of the tournament, the worst opening day of the tournament this century

Ten British players lost in the first ten hours of the tournament, the worst opening day of the tournament this century

Harriet Dart lost in three sets to Ostapenko and Cam Norrie lost in five sets as 10 Britons lost their first-round matches in the singles

All 10 home players who completed their matches on Monday were beaten.

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Late injury withdrawals, bagelled sets and a grand total of zero victories made it a chastening opener for British tennis at SW19