Stunned Norrie among 10 Britons to lose on day one

Cameron Norrie suffered a rare Wimbledon first-round upset in a gruelling five-set loss to qualifier Michael Zheng as 10 of the 11 Britons in action on the opening day of their home Grand Slam fell to defeat.

Norrie was the only British seeded player to feature in either singles draw, but the world number 29 - so often the last Briton standing at the Slams - was twice reeled back in by American Zheng after being a set up, eventually losing 6-7 (7-9) 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 7-6 (10-4) after four hours on court.

This was the first time Norrie - a semi-finalist in 2022 and quarter-finalist last year - has lost in the first round at Wimbledon since 2018.

The catalogue of defeats amounted to the most British singles players to have lost on Wimbledon's opening day since daily records began in 2000.

The record of 16 first-round British singles defeats at Wimbledon could be exceeded when the remaining nine players take to the court on Tuesday.

Six of the 10 players to bow out were beaten in straight sets.

Only Jack Pinnington Jones saw out Monday - and he was two sets down against American Brandon Nakashima when bad light ended their match early.

There was further disappointment when Jack Draper announced his withdrawal 24 hours before his opening match because of injury.

That followed Emma Raducanu's withdrawal on the eve of the Championships.

British women's number four Francesca Jones, who lost 6-4 6-4 to France's Diane Parry late on Monday evening, said: "It will create bad headlines, probably slightly unfairly.

"I think, with some of the draws that people were handed, it was always going to be difficult.

"But no-one can hide from the heaviness of Wimbledon. It's important to everyone, and I'm sure it played a factor being at the home slam."

There are 19 home players across the two singles draws - although 17 are playing opponents ranked inside the world's top 55.

Norrie, 30, said of his frustrating day: "It always stinks to lose, especially at Wimbledon, my favourite tournament in the world, a tournament I always play so well at.

"It stinks. Especially tomorrow, everyone is still in the tournament, and you're out. You're just wanting to play, so it's tough."

Norrie had played just one match on grass before this year's Wimbledon after retiring injured in the French Open first round with a rib injury.

The former world number eight looked rusty as he broke Zheng, ranked 144th, just once in the entire match.

Zheng hit 21 aces to Norrie's four, while the 22-year-old committed just four double faults to Norrie's 10.

Harriet Dart went close to completing a gritty comeback win but ultimately fell 6-3 3-6 6-4 to former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko.

The pair were scheduled to play on Court 17 on Monday, but Raducanu's withdrawal meant their match moved to Court One.

Wildcard Dart made sure fans with tickets for the show court were not disappointed as she forced a deciding set against the world number 31 in an entertaining two-and-a-half-hour display.

Qualifier Oliver Tarvet, who reached the second round last year, was beaten by 25th seed Arthur Rinderknech in four sets.

"It obviously was a difficult one to swallow," said Tarvet. "I had some chances, put myself in positions where I had very good opportunities.

"I felt like it's the way that tennis goes. Against really high players like Arthur, you only get a couple of opportunities and if you don't take them you usually pay the price."

Felix Gill and Max Basing were beaten on their Grand Slam main-draw debuts, losing to 23rd seed Rafael Jodar and qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki respectively. Basing won only three games in three sets.

Alicia Dudeney, who was also making her main-draw major bow, lost 6-3 6-3 to American Alycia Parks, while 17-year-old British wildcard Mika Stojsavljevic lost 6-2 6-1 to Tokyo Olympic champion and 11th seed Belinda Bencic,

Mimi Xu and Hannah Klugman, both also still navigating the step up to senior tennis, lost to Daria Kasatkina and 2024 Wimbledon singles champion Barbora Krejcikova respectively.

Eight British players including women's number two Katie Boulter begin their campaigns on Tuesday, while Pinnington Jones will resume his tie against Nakashima.

Boulter faces Italian teenager Tyra Grant at 11:00 BST on court three, with the 29-year-old Briton 112 places higher in the world rankings.

Wildcard Katie Swan faces Romanian veteran Irina-Camelia Begu at the same time on court 16.

Men's number two Jan Choinski, Jacob Fearnley, Arthur Fery, Toby Samuel, Billy Harris and Harry Wendelken are also in action.