Miami Open: Dan Evans & Heather Watson lose to qualifiers, Bedene retires injured
British trio Dan Evans, Heather Watson and Aljaz Bedene all lost in the first round of the Miami Open.
World number 43 Evans was given a point penalty for swearing midway through the final set of his 7-5 0-6 6-3 loss to American qualifier Ernesto Escobedo.
Watson, who reached the fourth round last year, also lost to a qualifier, beaten 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 by Romania’s Patricia Maria Tig.
The defeat means the Briton will drop from her current ranking of 108.
Bedene was trailing Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5 4-0 when he was forced to retire from his match.