Injured Gauff retires against Bouzkova – with two weeks to go until US Open

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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