Hong Kong Open: Fernandez through after top seed Azarenka retires

Canadian Leylah Fernandez reached the second round of the Hong Kong Open when Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the top seed, retired.

Fernandez, ranked No 60, led 2-6, 6-3 when Azarenka, ranked No 19, pulled out on Tuesday afternoon.

The 21-year-old Canadian will play Russian Mirra Andreeva next.

Hong Kong WTA 250, other first-round results:

• Daria Saville vs. Elise Mertens
• Sofya Lansere vs. Hong Yi Cody Wong
• Alina Korneeva vs. Valeria Savinykh
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Anna Danilina vs. Magdalena Frech
• Ho Ching Wu vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Xinyu Wang vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Jana Fett: 6-0, 6-0
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Peyton Stearns: tuesday
• Martina Trevisan (6) beat Cristina Bucsa: 7-5, 6-2
• Anna Blinkova (5) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-4, 2-6, 5-1 ret.
• Priscilla Hon beat Eudice Wong Chong (WC): 7-5, 7-5
• Kamilla Rakhimova beat Varvara Gracheva (8): 6-3, 6-2
• Mirra Andreeva beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-4, 6-3
• Katerina Siniakova beat Xiyu Wang: 6-4, 7-6 (7)