Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe opening day of Wimbledon saw the worst performance by British players this century, with ten losing their matches. Only nine of the 21 British players who entered the main draw remained by Monday evening. High-profile British players Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper withdrew before their matches due to injury setbacks. British No 1 Cameron Norrie suffered his earliest Wimbledon exit since 2018, losing in five sets to college player Michael Zheng. The poor results, including only five sets won out of 29 played by British competitors, raised concerns about the LTA's wildcard strategy and the state of British tennis. In full‘It stinks’: Ten Brits fall on nightmare opening day of WimbledonThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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Britain’s hopes of singles success this year looked set to rest solely on Norrie’s shoulders after Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu withdrew.

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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

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British players suffered a wipeout on an awful first day at Wimbledon, with all 10 home players who completed their matches on Monday beaten to add to Jack Draper and Emma…

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LONDON, June 30 : Britain's woeful start to Wimbledon continued on Tuesday as Katie Boulter became the 11th home player to crash out in the first round, crumbling to a 6-4 6-2…

The former British number one reacted to losses for all 10 home players on day one.