Watson loses in Hobart quarters
Heather Watson saw the defence of her Hobart International title come to an end at the hands of Sweden’s Johanna Larsson in the quarter-finals.
The British number two lost 3-6 6-4 6-4 to Larsson, ranked one place below her at 54 in the world.
It was Watson’s second match of the day after she earlier wrapped up a three-set win over Romania’s Monica Niculescu.
That match had taken three hours and 13 minutes over two days to complete.