British number three Naomi Broady lost 6-4 7-5 to Pauline Parmentier in the second round of the Katowice Open.
Broady, ranked 78 in the world, failed to take either of her two break points as Parmentier, 30, took the first set.
The Briton, 26, fought hard but was broken when serving to stay in the match in the second set.
France’s Parmentier, ranked 113th, beat defending champion Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in straight sets in the first round in Poland.
Men’s tennis will return to Eastbourne in 2017 as part of a reshuffle of the pre-Wimbledon grass court season.
The ATP 250 event which is currently staged in Nottingham will move to Eastbourne and be held alongside the long-running WTA tournament in Sussex.
A joint men’s and women’s event was staged at Eastbourne’s Devonshire Park between 2009 and 2014.
Nottingham will now hold a WTA event – the Aegon Open – alongside a $100,000 ATP Challenger Tour event.
Meanwhile, the Lawn Tennis Association has doubled the prize fund for the Aegon Surbiton Trophy, a joint ATP Challenger and ITF Pro Circuit event, to $200,000.
“This is all about delivering a bigger and better set of grass court tournaments for the players and our fans,” said LTA chief executive Michael Downey.
“It represents another major step in the evolution of the British grass court circuit.”
The grass court season has been changed after a three-week gap between the end of the French Open and the start of Wimbledon was created in the calendar last year.
The move allowed the Aegon Championship at Queen’s Club to be upgraded to an ATP 500 status, while Nottingham held a WTA event for the first time.
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It seemed like a routine interview with Marcos Baghdatis in Houston until it was abruptly interrupted by a blaring warning.
The culprit? Despite there not being a cloud in the sky, the neighbouring golf course lightening siren sounded.
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Argentine downs Paire
Juan Monaco, the 2012 champion of the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship, made a statement in Houston with a 6-3, 7-5 second-round win over second seed Benoit Paire. The former Top-10 player, who defeated Gerald Melzer in the first round, last posted consecutive tour-level wins in Nice 13 months ago (l. to Mayer in QF).
The 32 year old from Tandil has more clay-court wins than any other participant in this year’s tournament (229-136). The Argentine saved 10 break points (10/12) in the 93-minute encounter and improved to 3-1 in the FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry against Paire.
In beating Paire, No. 22 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, Monaco scored his first Top-25 win since Miami 2015 (d. Garcia-Lopez). His opponent in the quarter-finals will be Sam Querrey, who downed Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-3.
The big-hitting Querrey needed only 50 minutes to defeat Becker. He hit 13 aces and saved both break points faced to improve to 3-0 against the German. A two-time finalist (2010 and 2015) in Houston, Querrey is now 13-6 at the event. The fifth seed has never beaten Monaco on clay (0-3) and trails 1-4 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry.
Recapping Wednesday’s doubles action from Houston and Marrakech
Second seeds Philipp Petzschner and Alexander Peya edged Paolo Lorenzi and Diego Schwartzman 7-6(1), 7-6(3) in the first round of the Fayez Sarofim & Co US Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston on Wednesday. The German/Austrian duo saved four break points and advanced in 96 minutes.
Top Seeds Upset In Marrakech
Top seeds Dominic Inglot and Robert Lindstedt were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech by Marin Draganja and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6-3, 7-6(2) in 75 minutes. Draganja/Qureshi saved the lone break point faced and only dropped two points on their second serve (14/16).
Third seeds Mate Pavic and Michael Venus advanced to the quarter-finals after downing Argentines Facundo Bagnis and Federico Delbonis 7-6(7), 6-2. Pavic/Venus took the first set despite winning six fewer points than their opponents (38 to 44) before hitting their stride and closing out the match in 85 minutes.
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Fayez Sarofim & Co US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston, TX
John Isner, Jack Sock, Feliciano Lopez, Alexander Peya, Dustin Brown, Benjamin Becker and more attended the all-white tournament player party. Watch Video
Lopez also walked tournament director Bronwyn Green and fashion show chairwoman Libbye Morrell down the catwalk at the Houston fashion show. View Photo
Steve Johnson, Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul and Paolo Lorenzi participated in USTA Play Day, Tim Smyczek, Santiago Gonzalez, Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky helped out at the Young Professionals Organization clinic and Feliciano Lopez, Marcus Daniell and Artem Sitak helped at the clinic for the tournament title sponsor, Fayez Sarofim & Co.
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan led a High School Tennis Q&A with local students.
Philipp Petzschner and Alexander Peya were the lucky stars to assist at the Ladies’ Day Clinic. View Photo
Bjorn Fratangelo and Brian Baker visited Memorial Hermann hospital. View Photo
Donald Young, Benjamin Becker, Hyeon Chung, Tim Smyczek, Marcos Baghdatis and Benoit Paire did autograph signings with local fans.
Grand Prix Hassan II – Marrakech, Morocco
Borna Coric, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Simone Bolelli and Reda El Amrani kicked off the tournament Sunday with a trip to took Menara Gardens by horse-drawn carriage. Read More
“It’s nice to see something of the city and the landscape,” said Bolelli. “Marrakech is a beautiful city and I’m looking forward to playing here.”
Nicolas Almagro, Dominic Inglot, Federico Delbonis, Oliver Marach, Fabrice Martin and former player Younes El Aynaoui attended the player party at The Pearl Marrakech. Players were treated to a buffet dinner and entertainment from local musicians. View Photo
Kenny de Schepper visited Jemaa El-Fna Square and participated in kids’ day activities with Jiri Vesely, Thiemo de Bakker and NextGen star Elias Ymer.
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Second seed get upset in the second round
Facundo Bagnis reached his first ATP World Tour quarter-final on Wednesday by knocking out second seed Joao Sousa 6-2, 6-4 in 70 minutes at the Grand Prix Hassan II. Sousa is now 4-10 on the season.
Bagnis will now face Albert Montanes, who recorded his fourth straight win over fellow Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-4, 6-4 in 77 minutes.
Paul-Henri Mathieu, who won the 2007 title when the tournament was held in Casablanca, will face third seed Borna Coric in the last eight. Mathieu won 83 per cent of his first service points to overcome qualifier Maximo Gonzalez 7-6(4), 6-0 in just over 90 minutes.
Coric, this season’s Chennai finalist, advanced without striking a ball when Simone Bolelli pulled out of the ATP World Tour 250 tournament due to a knee injury.
Seventh seed and this year’s Sao Paulo runner-up Pablo Carreno Busta once against got the better of Evgeny Donskoy 6-2, 6-3 in a first-round clash. Last month, Carreno Busta beat Donskoy 6-3, 6-4 at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
Former Wimbledon champion Bob Hewitt has been expelled from the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Australia-born Hewitt, 76, was convicted in South Africa in 2015 of two counts of rape and one of sexual assault on underage girls.
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992, he was suspended in 2012 and is the first member to be expelled.
Hewitt was a doubles and mixed doubles champion at all four Grand Slam events, winning seven Wimbledon titles.
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Bryan brothers keep bid alive for sixth doubles title in Houston
Top seeds and five-time champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan have survived a scare to reach the second round of the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. The Americans fought back from two match points down in the match tie-break to deny countrymen Denis Kudla and Donald Young 3-6, 6-1, 11-9.
Trailing 7/9 in the match tie-break, the Bryan brothers reeled off the last four points of the match to keep their bid for a first title since ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Montreal last August. They saved five of seven break points in the one-hour, three-minute encounter to book a second round date with another all-American duo, wild cards Tommy Paul and Reilly Opelka.
Third seeds American Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky also progressed. The Americans posted a straight-forward 6-4, 6-4 result against New Zealanders Marcus Daniell and Artem Sitak. They will face either Brian Baker and Dimitry Tursunov or Victor Estrella Burgos and Santiago Gonzalez.
The Australian-Brazilian pairing of Chris Guccione and Andre Sa had a tougher time of it, recovering from a set down to grind out a 5-7, 7-6(3), 10-2 win over the Austrian-Slovenian duo of Julian Knowle and Igor Zelenay. Knowle and Zelenay led a set and 5-2 in the second before Guccione and Sa mounted their comeback to book a second-round match against fourth seeds Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey.
In Marrakech, top seed Dominic Inglot and Robert Lindstedt got off to a winning start, downing Moroccan wild cards Reda El Amrani and Lamine Ouahab 6-2, 6-4 in 57 minutes. Fourth seed Oliver Marach and Fabrice Martin were not so fortunate, falling in the opening round to Rohan Bopanna and Denis Istomin 6-4, 6-2.
The all-Argentine pairing of Guillermo Duran and Maximo Gonzalez had a 6-4, 7-6(7) triumph over Teymuraz Gabashvili and Jonathan Marray, while Marin Draganja and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi fought back for a 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 result over Jonathan Erlich and Colin Fleming.