Nice Britain’s Dan Evans and Liam Broady have been overwhelmed within the first spherical of the Delray Seashore Open in Florida.
British quantity two Evans misplaced in straight units to Australian world quantity 43 Jordan Thompson.
Broady was overwhelmed in three units by one other Australian Rinky Hijikata.
The 30-year-old was making his first look since struggling an ankle damage at Hong Kong Open firstly of January that compelled him to withdraw from the Australian Open.
The British quantity 5 misplaced a topsy-turvy contest 6-2 1-6 6-1 to world quantity 84 Hijikata, who will face Italian sixth seed Matteo Arnaldi within the subsequent spherical.
Evans, seeded seventh, misplaced a good first set 7-5 however was blown away within the second, with Thompson taking simply 33 minutes to take it 6-0 and seal victory.
Thompson will play the winner of the match between wildcard Aleksandar Kovacevic and qualifier Nicolas Moreno de Alboran within the second spherical.
