Vienna, April 7 -- Britain's Katie Boulter suffered a first-round defeat by Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz Open.
The 29-year-old went down 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) on clay to world number 87 Ruse, who will nowface Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska or American Ann Li in the last 16.
Boulter lost her first two service games in the opening set but twice broke before she was edged out in a tie-break on Monday, according to BBC sport.
The British number three broke Ruse's serve for a third time to take an early advantage in the second set but her opponent immediately responded in a see-saw encounter.
Boulter staved off match point at 6-5 down to force another tie-break, but Ruse claimed two mini breaks to move 5-2 ahead ...