Injured Gauff retires against Bouzkova – with two weeks to go until US Open
Marie Bouzkova benefited from the abandonment of Coco Gauff (7-5, 1-0) on Tuesday evening. She’ll play American Alison Riske-Amritraj in the next round
Coco Gauff (USA) reacts after missing a shot against Simona Halep ((ROU) (not pictured) at Sobeys Stadium. (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Czech qualifier Marie Bouzkova moved into the second round of the Western & Southern Open when American Coco Gauff, the No 11 seed, retired on Tuesday evening at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati.
Bouzkova, ranked No 46, led 7-5, 1-0 when Gauff, ranked No 12, pulled out at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati on Tuesday evening.
The Czech will play American Alison Riske-Amritraj next.
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other first-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):
- Serena Williams vs. Emma Raducanu
- Madison Keys vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Simona Halep
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Shelby Rogers (WC) beat Sofia Kenin (WC): 6-2, 6-1
- Marta Kostyuk beat Camila Giorgi: 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
- Karolina Pliskova (14) beat Venus Williams (WC): 7-5, 6-1
- Anna Kalinskaya (Q) beat Martina Trevisan: 7-6 (2), 7-5
- Shuai Zhang beat Naomi Osaka: 6-4, 7-5
- Elise Mertens beat Anhelina Kalinina (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Sorana Cirstea beat Belinda Bencic (12): 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Sloane Stephens (WC) beat Alize Cornet: 6-1, 6-0
- Caroline Garcia (Q) beat Petra Martic (LL): 6-3, 6-3
- Ajla Tomljanovic (Q) beat Taylor Townsend (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
- Victoria Azarenka beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Tereza Martincova (Q) beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (LL): 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3
- Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Leylah Fernandez (13): 6-4, 7-5
- Petra Kvitova beat Jil Teichmann: 6-7 (2), 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Catherine McNally (WC) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
- Alison Riske-Amritraj beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-1, 7-6 (2)
- Amanda Anisimova beat Daria Kasatkina (9): 6-4, 6-4
- Veronika Kudermetova beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-3, 6-3
- Elena Rybakina beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-2
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