Argentina Open: Strakhova reaches second round

Ukrainian Valeriya Strakhova advanced to the second round of the Argentina Open when Argentinian wildcard Guillermina Naya retired at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club on Tuesday.

Strakhova, ranked No 280, led 7-5, 5-7, 2-1 when Naya, ranked No 382, pulled out on Tuesday afternoon at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.

The Ukrainian will face Slovenian Polona Hercog next.

Buenos Aires WTA 125, other first-round results (Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Solana Sierra vs. Varvara Lepchenko
• Luisina Giovannini vs. Anna Rogers
• Robin Montgomery vs. Sara Errani
• Martina Capurro Taborda vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
• Selena Janicijevic vs. Julia Riera
• Miriam Bulgaru vs. Amina Anshba
• Renata Zarazua vs. Eva Vedder: tuesday
• Gabriela Ce vs. Maria Lourdes Carle: tuesday
• Ipek Oz beat Valentini Grammatikopoulou: 7-6 (1), 6-0
• Diane Parry (1) beat Ekaterine Gorgodze (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Laura Pigossi (5) beat Leyre Romero Gormaz: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Polona Hercog beat Carole Monnet (9): 6-4, 0-2 ret.
• Conny Perrin beat Carolina M. Alves: 6-2, 6-1
• Julieta Lara Estable (WC) beat Lucciana Perez Alarcon (WC): 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
• Jamie Loeb beat Despina Papamichail: 6-3, 6-2