Cameron Norrie suffers Wimbledon first-round upset as most Britons fall on opening day

Cameron Norrie suffered a rare Wimbledon first-round upset in a gruelling five-set loss to qualifier Michael Zheng as 10 of the 11 Britons in action on the opening day of their home Grand Slam fell to defeat.

Norrie was the only British seeded player to feature in either singles draw, but the world number 29 - so often the last Briton standing at the Slams - was twice reeled back in by American Zheng after being a set up, eventually losing 6-7 (7-9) 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 7-6 (10-4) after four hours on court.

This was the first time Norrie - a semi-finalist in 2022 and quarter-finalist last year - has lost in the first round at Wimbledon since 2018.

The catalogue of defeats amounted to the most British singles players to have lost on Wimbledon's opening day since daily records began in 2000.

The record of 16 first-round British singles defeats at Wimbledon could be exceeded when the remaining nine players take to the court on Tuesday.

Six of the 10 players to bow out were beaten in straight sets.

Only Jack Pinnington Jones saw out Monday - and he was two sets down against American Brandon Nakashima when bad light ended their match early.

There was further disappointment when Jack Draper announced his withdrawal 24 hours before his opening match because of injury.

That followed Emma Raducanu's withdrawal on the eve of the Championships.

British women's number four Francesca Jones, who lost 6-4 6-4 to France's Diane Parry late on Monday evening, said: "It will create bad headlines, probably slightly unfairly."

"I think, with some of the draws that people were handed, it was always going to be difficult."

"But no-one can hide from the heaviness of Wimbledon. It's important to everyone, and I'm sure it played a factor being at the home slam."

There are 19 home players across the two singles draws - although 17 are playing opponents ranked inside the world's top 55.

Norrie, 30, said of his frustrating day: "It always stinks to lose, especially at Wimbledon, my favourite tournament in the world, a tournament I always play so well at."

"It stinks. Especially tomorrow, everyone is still in the tournament, and you're out. You're just wanting to play, so it's tough."