Tom Jarvis, the eighth seed, is out of the men's singles at WTT Contender Istanbul after losing 12-10, 9-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-8 to Nikita Artemenko in the first round on Thursday. Jarvis, the world No 51, won the second and third games to lead 2-1, but Artemenko, ranked 76th, took the fourth game 12-10 and the decider 11-8 after 58 minutes.
Connor Green is still in the mixed doubles. Green, who went out in singles qualifying on Wednesday, and Wales's Anna Hursey beat Brazil's Leonardo Iizuka and Laura Watanabe 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 to reach the quarter-finals, where they meet another Brazilian pair, Guilherme Teodoro and Giulia Takahashi.
Two more seeds went out in the morning session. Japan's Miyuu Kihara, the fourth seed in the women's singles and world No 19, lost 11-9, 11-9, 11-5 to her compatriot Kaho Akae, and China's Chen Yuanyu, the men's fourth seed, lost 6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9 to his teammate Chen Junsong. The women's top seed, Honoka Hashimoto, beat Spain's Sofia-Xuan Zhang 11-5, 11-2, 11-6, and China's Wang Xiaotong beat Thailand's Orawan Paranang 11-13, 13-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9.
Hursey, the world No 38, plays Taiwan's Yeh Yi-Tian in the women's singles first round in Thursday's evening session, which starts at about 2.40pm UK time.
