WTA roundup: Illness KOs Simona Halep in Washington

August 4 – Former world No. 1 participant Simona Halep of Romania was compelled to retire from her second-round match on the Citi Open in Washington on Wednesday, permitting Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya to achieve the quarterfinals.

Halep, seeded third within the occasion, trailed 7-5, 2-0 earlier than she halted the match.

Kalinskaya continued her success in Washington, as she reached the semifinals there as a qualifier in 2019. The ladies’s event wasn’t held in 2020 and 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In different second-round matches, sixth-seeded Kaia Kanepi of Estonia rallied previous China’s Lin Zhu 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Australia’s Daria Saville downed the American No. 1 seed Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-4; and Canada’s Rebecca Marino topped Germany’s Andrea Petkovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.

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Second-seeded Paula Badosa of Spain was pushed to the restrict earlier than rising with a 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (5) win over the USA’ Elizabeth Mandlik within the second spherical at San Jose, Calif.

Elsewhere in second-round motion, the USA’ Amanda Anisimova upset eighth-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 3-6, 7-5, 6-1, and seventh-seeded Daria Kasatkina of Russia eradicated the Unites States’ Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-0.

Third-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, who made the Wimbledon ultimate final month, powered previous the USA’ Madison Keys, a former U.S. Open finalist, 7-5, 6-1.

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