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Brits Raducanu & Norrie cause upsets in Washington

Britain's Emma Raducanu and Cameron Norrie both secured impressive victories at the Washington Open on Tuesday.

Raducanu upset Ukraine's world number 27 and seventh seed Marta Kostyuk 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 in the first round.

She faces Naomi Osaka next after the four-time Grand Slam winner overcame Yulia Putintseva 6-2 7-5.

In the men's singles, Norrie had to dig deep to beat second seed and world number seven Lorenzo Musetti 3-6 6-2 6-3 - his first success over a top-10 player in two and a half years - in the second round.

The 29-year-old will play American 14th seed Brandon Nakashima in the last 16.