Mumbai Open: Pigossi advances to second round
Laura Pigossi benefited from the abandonment of Ekaterina Makarova (6-1, 3-0) on Monday night. She’ll play the winner of the match between Hungarian qualifier Fanny Stollar and Australian Storm Hunter in the next round
Laura Pigossi (Imago / Panoramic)
Brazilian Laura Pigossi, the No 5 seed, moved into the second round of the Mumbai Open when Russian Ekaterina Makarova retired at the Cricket Club of India on Monday night.
Pigossi, ranked No 128, led 6-1, 3-0 when Makarova, ranked No 164, pulled out on Monday night at the Cricket Club of India.
The Brazilian will face the winner of the match between Hungarian qualifier Fanny Stollar and Australian Storm Hunter next.
Mumbai WTA 125K Series, other first-round results (Cricket Club of India, hard, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Shrivalli Bhamidipaty vs. Nao Hibino
- Fanny Stollar vs. Storm Hunter
- Anastasia Tikhonova vs. Tamara Zidansek
- Peangtarn Plipuech vs. Rutuja Bhosale
- Katie Volynets vs. Ankita Raina
- Dalma Galfi vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Carole Monnet vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Arina Rodionova vs. Suzan Lamens
- Lina Glushko vs. Amandine Hesse
- Anastasia Zakharova vs. Polina Kudermetova
- Kayla Day vs. Sahaja Yamalapalli
- Vaishnavi Adkar vs. Sohyun Park
- Alina Korneeva beat Chloe Paquet: 6-1, 6-3
- Arianne Hartono beat Irina Bara: 6-4, 6-4
- Panna Udvardy vs. Darja Semenistaja: monday
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