Monastir Open: Siniakova reaches second round

Czech Katerina Siniakova, the No 7 seed, advanced to the second round of the Monastir Open when Frenchwoman Chloe Paquet retired on Monday at the Monastir Tennis Club.

Siniakova, ranked No 53, led 6-4, 4-0 when Paquet, ranked No 112, pulled out at the Monastir Tennis Club on Monday.

The Czech will face the winner of the match between Croat qualifier Ana Konjuh and American Claire Liu next.

Monastir WTA 250, other first-round results (Monastir Tennis Club, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Varvara Gracheva vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Yasmine Mansouri vs. Magdalena Frech
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Diane Parry
• Harriet Dart vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Tamara Zidansek vs. Marina Bassols Ribera
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Petra Martic vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Evgeniya Rodina vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Ons Jabeur vs. Ann Li
• Laura Pigossi vs. Alize Cornet
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Elise Mertens
• Magda Linette vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
• Ana Konjuh vs. Claire Liu
• Lin Zhu vs. Despina Papamichail: monday