Industry leader Garbine Muguruza has had to prematurely terminate her first-round match at the WTA tournament in Beijing, which is endowed with 6.381 million dollars.In the duel against Czech Barbora Strycova, the Spanish Wimbledon winner gave up after a 1-6,0-2 deficit due to malaise.
Some spectators at the National Tennis Stadium confirmed this with booing.Muguruza failed last week in Wuhan in the quarter-finals to French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko, before that in Tokyo in the preliminary round to Caroline Wozniacki.
US Open winner Slaone Stephens, who lost her countrywoman Christian McHale in two sets, also retired.Coco Vandeweghe, semi-finalist at the last Grand Slam tournament of the year in New York City, is one round ahead.She beat Donna Vekic 6-2,6-2.
The world rankings-29.Strycova will now face Julia Görges in the second round (WTA-No. 27).The Fed Cup player from Bad Oldesloe had won her opening match this weekend 6-4,6-3 against qualifier Madison Brengle (USA).Görges has not yet played a single match against Strycova on the WTA tour.
In China’s capital, Angelique Kerber (Kiel/No. 12) and Andrea Petkovic (Darmstadt) will also be competing.The two-time Grand Slam winner Kerber played against Alize Cornet on Monday for the next round of the last sixteen.
Mona Barthel (Bad Segeberg) and Carina Witthöft (Hamburg) had already failed in the first round.
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