Heather Watson's journey at the Australian Open has come to an end after a straight-sets defeat to Agnieszka Radwanska.
Watson went down 6-3 6-1 in 84 minutes on Hisense Arena.
The classy Radwanska out manoeuvred Watson in a match that ended under the roof because of rain, and she will face former French Open champion Ana Ivanovic in round four.
British hopes in the Women's draw now rest on Laura Robson who defeated Petra Kvitova in a shock second round result yesterday.
"I thought I had a good start to the match," said Watson. "I had chances early on to break but I wasn't able to convert, and I think after that game that I didn't convert it kind of just slipped away a little bit.
"That's what makes Radwanska so good. She's always there every game, so you can't have a second because she will just take the next few points. I feel like I did a lot better this time than last time, and the score doesn't really show how I felt out there. I felt like I was in it and it was a lot closer."
Watson recovered well from 0-30 with four straight points and engineered the first opportunity, but could not convert from 15-40 in game four.
Radwanska heeded the warning and began to profit from her forehand down the line into Watson's backhand, moving out to a 5-2 lead and, after failing to serve out, breaking for a third time to take the set.
The world number four produced the full repertoire at the start of the second, a deadly drop shot, a stunning reflex volley picked up off her feet and another fine lob all helping her to 3-0.
Radwanska broke immediately after the rain delay on the resumption thanks in part to another of those deadly forehands.
Watson got on the board in the second set with a hard-fought service hold in game six and kept battling, as expected until the very end, but Radwanska closed out from 15-40 to end the Briton's promising week.
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