British number two Dan Evans suffered a straight-set defeat to Roman Safiullin in his opening match at the Chengdu Open in China.
This shocking defeat happened at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Friday.
Evans defeat comes less than a week after helping Great Britain secure a place in the Davis Cup Finals last eight.
The British number two lost 6-3 6-3 to Russian Roman Safiullin.
Having received a first round bye, the fourth seed could not progress.
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The 27th in the world tournament was ended in 83 minutes by the 55th-ranked Russian, who will meet Australian Jordan Thompson in the quarter-finals.
Evans lost serve twice in both sets and was unable to recover after going 4-1 behind in the first set.
In the second set Safiullin clinching victory with a final break, taking his second match point.
The Russian beat American Brandon Nakashima (6-4, 6-4) ahead of his victory.
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