- British player loses 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in third round
- Dart was 3-0 up in third set before losing six on bounce
Harriet Dart will have to keep waiting to achieve her 2024 goal of reaching the second week of a grand slam. She lost her match to Xinyu Wang 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 despite looking the more confident player for much of it.
The 27-year-old will know that she was beaten by her emotions as much as her opponent. She was 3-0 up in the third set, before lost the next six games in a row. Having given away her two-break lead, she lost her following service point and hit the ball into the ground – then double faulted the next. A shot into the net made her double over in agony. Heading back to her chair sets, she smacked her bag with her racket.