Eastbourne: Katie Boulter loses tight tussle against Petra Kvitova, Harriet Dart and Cam Norrie through

British No. 4 Katie Boulter lost out in a tight three-set encounter 5-7 6-0 7-5 against Petra Kvitova at Eastbourne. Boulter, who earned the first top-10 win of her career this week when beating Karolina Pliskova, was up against it early on and trailed Kvitova 5-2 in the opening set.

Ad/> She rallied to take the next five games, however, leaving the two-time Wimbledon champion shell-shocked. WTA Eastbourne'Can't believe it' — Burrage stuns Badosa to cap fine day for Brits19 HOURS AGO Kvitova was though able to respond in style, with a bagel swiftly taking the match to a decider. Boulter was able to recover herself to stay on serve with Kvitova in the final set, for 11 games at least, with the Czech eventually breaking in the 12th to win it 7-5.

Earlier in the day, British No. 2 HarrietDart recorded an impressive victory over Jil Teichmann to reach the last 16 at Eastbourne. Britain's Boulter earns first top 10 win with victory over error-strewn Pliskova 'Can't believe it' — Burrage stuns Badosa to cap fine day for Brits Kyrgios injury forces Mallorca withdrawal days before Wimbledon starts The match had carried over from Tuesday with the encounter finely poised at one-set all.

Dart, who beat Madison Brengle in the opening round, edged the first set against Teichmann 9-7 on a tie-break. Teichman, the No. 10 seed at Eastbourne, then hit back when winning the second set 6-4 before bad light stopped play.

When resuming on Wednesday, it was Dart who had the edge, and she clinched the decider 6-3 for the second-biggest win of her career. Dart is on court again later on Wednesday, facing Marta Kostyuk next for a place in the quarter-finals and a meeting with Kvitova. Meanwhile, JodieBurrage, the world No.