WTA Hobart: Maria advances as Podoroska retires after injury
Tatjana Maria benefited from the retirement of Nadia Podoroska (6-1, 4-3) on Tuesday and will play Bulgarian lucky loser Viktoriya Tomova in the next round
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German Tatjana Maria, the No 9 seed, reached the second round of the Hobart International when Argentinian lucky loser Nadia Podoroska retired at the Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre on Tuesday.
Maria, ranked No 42, led 6-1, 4-3 when Podoroska, ranked No 63, pulled out on Tuesday at the Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre.
The 36-year-old German will play Bulgarian lucky loser Viktoriya Tomova next.
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Hobart WTA 250, other first-round results (Hobart’s Domain Tennis Centre, hard, USD 267,082):
- Sofia Kenin (6) beat Greet Minnen: 6-3, 6-3
- Viktoriya Tomova beat Martina Trevisan: 6-3, 6-3
- Caroline Dolehide beat Mayar Sherif: 6-1, 6-4
- Lin Zhu (3) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 7-5, 6-1
- Daria Saville (WC) beat Anna Blinkova: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Elise Mertens (1) beat Danielle Collins: 6-2, 6-3
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q) beat Camila Osorio (Q): 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5
- Varvara Gracheva (8) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5
- Arantxa Rus beat Linda Fruhvirtova (LL): 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
- Clara Burel vs. Emma Navarro
- Olivia Gadecki vs. Xinyu Wang
- Magdalena Frech vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Yue Yuan vs. Sloane Stephens
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
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