Midland Open: Krueger through to second round as qualifier Lepchenko retires

No 5 seed Ashlyn Krueger reached the second round of the Midland Open when qualifier Varvara Lepchenko retired at the Greater Midland Tennis Center.

Krueger, ranked No 80, led 6-1, 1-0 when Lepchenko, ranked No 341, pulled out on Tuesday at the Greater Midland Tennis Center.

Ashlyn Krueger will face the winner of the match between Canadian Katherine Sebov and Swiss qualifier Lulu Sun next.

Midland WTA 125, other first-round results (Greater Midland Tennis Center, USD 115.000, most recent results first):

• Katie Volynets vs. Tatiana Prozorova
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Heather Watson
• Rebecca Marino vs. Emiliana Arango
• Mccartney Kessler vs. Emina Bektas
• Emma Navarro vs. Chloe Beck
• Robin Anderson vs. Elvina Kalieva
• Arianne Hartono vs. Jana Fett
• Victoria Hu vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Katrina Scott vs. Renata Zarazua
• Taylor Townsend vs. Raluka Serban
• Katherine Sebov vs. Lulu Sun: tuesday
• Peyton Stearns (2) beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (LL): 6-0, 6-0
• Yulia Starodubtsewa beat Sophie Chang (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
• Alycia Parks (3) beat Ann Li: 6-2, 6-1
• Carole Monnet beat Iryna Shymanovich: 6-4 ret.