Prague Open: No259 Jakupovic books spot in second round after Van Uytvanck’s retirement

Slovenian qualifier Dalila Jakupovic reached the second round of the Prague Open when Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck, the No 6 seed, retired on Monday afternoon at TK Sparta Praha.

Jakupovic, ranked No 259, led 5-2 when Van Uytvanck, ranked No 42, pulled out on Monday at TK Sparta Praha.

The Slovenian will face Chinese qualifier Qiang Wang next.

Prague WTA 250, other first-round results (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Anna Blinkova vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Natalia Vikhlyantseva vs. Linda Noskova
• Alize Cornet vs. Anastasia Zakharova
• Oksana Selekhmeteva vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Ylena In-Albon vs. Dominika Salkova
• Daria Snigur vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Xinyu Wang vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Barbora Palicova vs. Lucie Havlickova
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze
• Tereza Martincova vs. Chloe Paquet
• Lin Zhu beat Vitalia Diatchenko: 6-1, 6-1
• Magda Linette beat Elise Mertens (3): 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
• Qiang Wang beat Rebecca Peterson: 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Nao Hibino (LL) beat Mihaela Buzarnescu: 6-2, 6-2
• Marie Bouzkova (8) beat Sinja Kraus (LL): 6-2, 7-6 (2)