BBC Sport · Jun 25, 2024
Norrie suffers another early exit in Eastbourne
Norrie reached a career high ranking of eighth in September 2022Published
Cameron Norrie's disappointing season continued as he suffered a first-round exit at Eastbourne after a straight-set defeat by Emil Ruusuvuori .
Norrie, who was replaced as British number one by Jack Draper last week, lost 7-6 (11-9) 6-3 to the Finnish world number 88.
The 28-year-old has had a below-par 2024, winning just 14 of his 27 matches and slipping to 44th in the world rankings.
He will not be seeded at this year's Wimbledon, which starts on Monday.
Aiming to better his first-round exit at Queen's last week, Norrie got off to a steady start but could not make the most of two break points at 3-2 up.