Eastbourne Open: Yastremska advances to the second round after Linette’s retirement

Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska advanced to the second round of the Eastbourne Open when Pole Magda Linette, the No 5 seed, retired at the Devonshire Park Lawn Club on Tuesday.

Yastremska, ranked No 42, led 6-4, 4-2 when Linette, ranked No 27, pulled out at the Devonshire Park Lawn Club on Tuesday afternoon.

The Ukrainian will play wildcard Francesca Jones next.

Eastbourne WTA 250, other first-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Club, grass, USD 389.000, most recent results first):

• Mingge Xu vs. Peyton Stearns
• Sonay Kartal vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Ann Li vs. Emma Raducanu: tuesday
• Rebecca Sramkova (8) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-3, 6-2
• Jodie Burrage (WC) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-3, 6-2
• Barbora Krejcikova (2) beat Harriet Dart (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-5
• Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Camila Osorio: 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
• Kimberly Birrell (Q) beat Sofia Kenin (4): 6-4, 6-4
• Kamilla Rakhimova (Q) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Maya Joint beat Ons Jabeur: 7-5, 6-2
• Lulu Sun beat Daria Kasatkina (1): 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
• Francesca Jones beat Greet Minnen (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Anna Blinkova beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
• Alexandra Eala (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-0, 6-1
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (7)