Argentina Open: Hercog moves into second round after Monnet retirement
Polona Hercog benefited from the abandonment of Carole Monnet (6-4, 0-2) on Monday evening and will face the winner of the match between Argentinian wildcard Guillermina Naya and Ukrainian Valeriya Strakhova in the next round
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Slovenian Polona Hercog moved into the second round of the Argentina Open when Frenchwoman Carole Monnet, the No 9 seed, retired on Monday evening at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.
Hercog, ranked No 292, led 6-4, 0-2 when Monnet, ranked No 174, pulled out on Monday evening at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.
The Slovenian will face the winner of the match between Argentinian wildcard Guillermina Naya and Ukrainian Valeriya Strakhova next.
Buenos Aires WTA 125, other first-round results (Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, USD 115.000, most recent results first):
- Solana Sierra vs. Varvara Lepchenko
- Luisina Giovannini vs. Anna Rogers
- Martina Capurro Taborda vs. Elizabeth Mandlik
- Selena Janicijevic vs. Julia Riera
- Miriam Bulgaru vs. Amina Anshba
- Robin Montgomery vs. Sara Errani
- Renata Zarazua vs. Eva Vedder
- Gabriela Ce vs. Maria Lourdes Carle
- Guillermina Naya vs. Valeriya Strakhova
- Valentini Grammatikopoulou vs. Ipek Oz
- Diane Parry vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze
- Laura Pigossi vs. Leyre Romero Gormaz: monday
- Conny Perrin beat Carolina M. Alves: 6-2, 6-1
- Julieta Lara Estable (WC) beat Lucciana Perez Alarcon (WC): 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
- Jamie Loeb beat Despina Papamichail: 6-3, 6-2
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