Osaka retires against Kanepi at Toronto

Estonian Kaia Kanepi advanced to the second round of the National Bank Open when Japanese Naomi Osaka retired on Tuesday at the Aviva Centre in Toronto.

Kanepi, ranked No 31 and recent Washington runner-up, led 7-6 (4), 3-0 when Osaka, ranked No 39, pulled out on Tuesday evening at the Aviva Centre in Toronto. The Japenese suffers a lower back injury. She obtained a medical time-out at 4-3 Kanepi in the first set.

“I felt my back from the start of the match, and despite trying my best to push through it I just wasn’t able to today”, Osaka said quoted by the WTA.

“I’d like to pay credit to Kaia for playing well and want to wish her all the best for the rest of the tournament.”

Toronto WTA 1000, other first-round results (Aviva Centre, hard, USD 2.527.250, most recent results first):

• Daria Kasatkina vs. Bianca Andreescu : Tuesday
• Belinda Bencic vs. Tereza Martincova: Tuesday
• Amanda Anisimova beat Carol Zhao (WC): 6-1, 6-3
• Shuai Zhang beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-1, 6-3
• Camila Giorgi beat Emma Raducanu (9): 7-6, 6-2
• Ajla Tomljanovic (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova: 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3)
• Elise Mertens beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 (2), 6-1
• Coco Gauff (10) beat Madison Brengle (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Claire Liu (Q): 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (5)
• Qinwen Zheng beat Rebecca Marino (WC): 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Jil Teichmann beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-2, 6-3
• Alison Riske-Amritraj beat Petra Kvitova: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva beat Katherine Sebov (WC): 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Leylah Fernandez (13) beat Storm Sanders (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
• Alize Cornet beat Caroline Garcia: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Asia Muhammad (Q) beat Madison Keys: 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Sloane Stephens beat Sofia Kenin: 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5
• Karolina Pliskova (14) beat Barbora Krejcikova: 6-3, 6-4
• Jelena Ostapenko (16) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-4, 6-2
• Serena Williams beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Simona Halep (15) beat Donna Vekic (LL): 6-0, 6-2
• Elena Rybakina beat Marie Bouzkova (Q): 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-1
• Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 2-6, 6-2

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