British number one Heather Watson suffered a surprise defeat to Anastasija Sevastova in the second round of the Pattaya Open, reports BBC.
Latvian Anastasija Sevastova [L] knocks out British no.1 Watson [R] in the second round of the Pattaya Open
Anastasija Sevastova from Latvia who ranks 143 places below the British number 1, achieved a career high ranking of 40.
Sevastova won a first set tie-break and broke Watson's serve three times in the third set to win 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-2.
It may be added that top seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia was also knocked out, losing 3-6, 7-5, 3-6 to Japan's Ayumi Morita in a first-round match delayed by rain.
