Emma Raducanu was the last British woman standing in the women’s singles draw at Eastbourne following quarter-final defeats for Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart.

But the 2021 US Open champion was overwhelmed in a 6-2 6-2 defeat to fourth seed Daria Kasatkina to end hopes of a home victory. They are still alive in the men’s draw, though, thanks to Billy Harris’ superb win over Flavio Cobolli.

Emma Raducanu’s bid for Eastbourne International glory came to an emphatic end against Daria Kasatkina, while Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart also fell at the quarter-final hurdle to end British hopes in the women’s singles draw.

Raducanu, making her final outing before Wimbledon, earned the first top 10 win of her career over Jessica Pegula to reach the last eight, but was outgunned by sixth seed Kasatkina in a 6-2 6-2 defeat.

However, she was upbeat about her form and fitness ahead of the third Grand Slam of the year on home turf at the All England Club.

I think I should be very confident,” Raducanu said. “I feel like I have every right to be in the position that I am now, because I have been training, I have been working for it.

“I’m looking forward to it. I’m very happy to be back in London. It’s where I call home. It’s where I missed last year so much.”

The 2021 US Open champion has made an encouraging start to the grass-court swing, reaching her first semi-final of the season against Boulter in Nottingham before another strong run in Eastbourne

But a second statement win in a row was beyond her as Kasatkina raced to a straight-sets victory in one hour and 21 minutes.

Raducanu was broken twice in the opening set and failed to earn a single break point against the Russian, who won 100% of her first-serve points.

A scrappier second set saw the Brit break twice, but Kasatkina’s four breaks of serve sent her on the way to a comfortable win.

Raducanu went the distance in a three-set comeback against Pegula a day earlier, but blamed nobody but herself following the defeat.

“I wasn’t tired at all. I was feeling really good,” she said.

“I think I just dealt with the circumstances badly. I was very inflexible in my approach. That’s my honest reflection of the match. But physically I’m in a really good spot. I’m fine.

“I just need to learn to be more willing to adapt. I hadn’t really played many matches in that level of wind.

“Daria actually plays really good in those conditions, because she makes it very awkward for the opponent. I just think she handled it a lot better.”