Palermo Open: Kawa retires in the first round

Second seed Karolina Muchova reached the second round of the Palermo Open when Pole qualifier Katarzyna Kawa retired at A.S.D. Country Time Club on Monday evening.

Muchova, ranked No 35, led 7-6 (14), 5-1 when Kawa, ranked No 192, pulled out due to injury.

Karolina Muchova will face qualifier Noma Noha Akugue next.

Palermo WTA 250, other first-round matches (A.S.D. Country Time Club, clay, USD 267.082, most recent results first):

• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Marina Bassols Ribera
• Jil Teichmann (Q) beat Mia Ristic (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Astra Sharma beat Anna Blinkova (6): 6-0, 7-5
• Noma Noha Akugue beat Mona Barthel (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Elsa Jacquemot
• Erika Andreeva vs. Darja Semenistaja
• Julia Riera vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Sara Errani
• Ann Li vs. Peyton Stearns
• Emiliana Arango vs. Petra Martic
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Mayar Sherif
• Diane Parry vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Arantxa Rus vs. Martina Trevisan
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Tatjana Maria
• Chloe Paquet vs. Saisai Zheng