Prague Open: Noskova through to second round, Cornet next
Linda Noskova benefited from the abandonment of Natalia Vikhlyantseva (6-2, 3-1) on Tuesday afternoon. She’ll play Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Czech wildcard Linda Noskova advanced to the second round of the Prague Open when Russian lucky loser Natalia Vikhlyantseva retired at TK Sparta Praha on Tuesday afternoon.
Noskova, ranked No 112, led 6-2, 3-1 when Vikhlyantseva, ranked No 265, pulled out on Tuesday at TK Sparta Praha.
The 17-year-old Czech will face Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, the No 5 seed, next.
Prague WTA 250, other first-round results (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Anna Blinkova vs. Barbora Krejcikova: tuesday
- Anett Kontaveit (1) beat Ekaterine Gorgodze: 6-0, 6-1
- Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q) beat Sorana Cirstea (2): 7-5, 6-4
- Dominika Salkova (Q) beat Ylena In-Albon: 6-1, 6-4
- Anastasia Potapova (7) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-1, 6-2
- Alize Cornet beat Anastasia Zakharova (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Viktoriya Tomova beat Daria Snigur: 6-4, 6-2
- Lucie Havlickova (WC) beat Barbora Palicova (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Chloe Paquet beat Tereza Martincova: 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Dalila Jakupovic (Q) beat Alison Van Uytvanck (6): 5-2 ret.
- Lin Zhu beat Vitalia Diatchenko: 6-1, 6-1
- Magda Linette beat Elise Mertens (3): 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
- Qiang Wang (Q) beat Rebecca Peterson: 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Nao Hibino (LL) beat Mihaela Buzarnescu: 6-2, 6-2
- Marie Bouzkova (8) beat Sinja Kraus (LL): 6-2, 7-6 (2)
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