Cameron Norrie and Harriet Dart both knocked out at Eastbourne ahead of Wimbledon next week

Cameron Norrie has exited the Eastbourne International quarter-finals to Maxime Cressy.

The British No. 1, who was the tournament’s top seed, lost 7-5 7-5 to the American.

Norrie led by a break before Cressy hit back thanks to his serve and volleying to take the opening set. Norrie lost the set on his serve as a strike off the net cord handed Cressy the opener.

The Brit had the first break point of the second set, but he squandered it before some sloppy serving handed Cressy the initiative.

Norrie saved three match points at 0-40 down when he was trailing 5-4, but Cressy converted his fourth to set up a meeting with either Ryan Peniston or Jack Draper in the last four.

It was also a day to forget for Britain’s Harriet Dart who lost 6-3 6-4 to Petra Kvitova.

Dart was put under pressure on her own serve early on and went a break down in the sixth game before the Czech went on to comfortably serve out the set.

Momentum was with Kvitova and she broke Dart in the opening game of the second set which proved pivotal as she held her remaining service games.

Kvitova, who also knocked out Brit Katie Boulter in the round of 16, will play either Beatriz Haddad Maia or Lesia Tsurenko next.

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