Prague Open: No259 Jakupovic books spot in second round after Van Uytvanck’s retirement
Dalila Jakupovic benefited from the abandonment of Alison Van Uytvanck (5-2) on Monday. She’ll face Chinese qualifier Qiang Wang in the next round
Slovenian qualifier Dalila Jakupovic reached the second round of the Prague Open when Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck, the No 6 seed, retired on Monday afternoon at TK Sparta Praha.
Jakupovic, ranked No 259, led 5-2 when Van Uytvanck, ranked No 42, pulled out on Monday at TK Sparta Praha.
The Slovenian will face Chinese qualifier Qiang Wang next.
Prague WTA 250, other first-round results (TK Sparta Praha, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):
- Anna Blinkova vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Natalia Vikhlyantseva vs. Linda Noskova
- Alize Cornet vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Oksana Selekhmeteva vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Ylena In-Albon vs. Dominika Salkova
- Daria Snigur vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Xinyu Wang vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Barbora Palicova vs. Lucie Havlickova
- Anett Kontaveit vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze
- Tereza Martincova vs. Chloe Paquet
- Lin Zhu beat Vitalia Diatchenko: 6-1, 6-1
- Magda Linette beat Elise Mertens (3): 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
- Qiang Wang beat Rebecca Peterson: 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Nao Hibino (LL) beat Mihaela Buzarnescu: 6-2, 6-2
- Marie Bouzkova (8) beat Sinja Kraus (LL): 6-2, 7-6 (2)
