The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)

EVANS EXIT LEAVES MURRAY AS LAST MAN

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$nd\ Murra\ is the onl\ %ritish Pan left in sinJles at the /e[us 6urbiton TroSh\ after 'an (Yans shocN second-round loss

(Yans was the toS seed after taNinJ a late wild card followinJ his earl\ )rench 2Sen defeat but was toSSled - - b\ &anadian *abriel 'iallo, , ranNed Pore than Slaces below hiP

It has been a difficult season for -\earold (Yans, who will hoSe to fare better in 1ottinJhaP ne[t weeN, where he is the defendinJ chaPSion

There is Pore hoPe reSresenta­tion in the woPen s draw, where .atie %oulter needs one Pore win to oYertaNe (PPa 5aducanu as %ritish nuPber one

The eiJhth seed battled to a - -

- Yictor\ oYer countr\woPan 6ona\ .artal to reach the quarter-finals, where she will face 6wiss 9iNtorija *olubic

%oulter was joined in the last eiJht b\ Isabelle /ac\, .atie 6wan and

6i[teen-\ear-old /ac\ was JiYen a walNoYer b\ $Perican 6achia 9icNer\ and will Sla\ Mi\a]aNi, who beat coPSatriot (den 6ilYa, while 6wan was - uS on 2ceane 'odin when the )renchwoPan retired

+arriet 'art was close to joininJ theP but lost a tiJht tussle

- - - to toS seed and last \ear s :iPbledon sePifinali­st Tatjana Maria, who ne[t Sla\s 6wan

-acN 'raSer will Piss :iPbledon with the shoulder injur\ he suffered at the )rench 2Sen last weeN

It is a huJe blow to the -\ear-old, whose SroJress has been disruSted b\ injuries

The latest caPe in Sractice ahead of his first-round clash at 5oland *arros last Monda\ aJainst ToPas (tcheYerr\, with 'raSer forced to serYe underarP before callinJ it a da\ after JaPe one of the second set

'raSer Pade his :iPbledon debut in

, losinJ to 1oYaN 'joNoYic, while last \ear he Sushed $le[ 'e Minaur to four sets in the second round

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