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Coco Gauff withdrew Tuesday after suffering a left ankle injury in the first set of the Western Open Mason, where Buzkova won 7-5, 1-0, against Czech Republic's Marie Buzkova in the first round on Tuesday. did. ,Ohio.
Gauff, the 11th seed, was leading 5-3 in the first set when he rolled on the court and injured his lower leg in the Cincinnati-area tournament. She lost her next three games before being examined by a trainer.
Bouzkova won the first game of the second set and Gauff withdrew.
This was a difficult development for the 18-year-old, who has lost in the quarterfinals in her last two competitions. She also reached the final of the French Open in the spring before losing to world No. 1 Poland's Iga her Spheretek.
Gauff is playing doubles with Jessica Pegula in the tournament, but it was not immediately announced whether she would continue. She also has the problem that she is less than two weeks away from the US Open.
Bouzkova faced Alison Riske-Amritraj in the second round.
Meanwhile, Japan's Naomi Osaka was also eliminated in the first round, and China's Zhang Shuai beat her, and she won 6-4, 7-5 in just 75 minutes.
Osaka was an ace and she held a 10-4 lead, but a disappointing setback saw her score only 37.1% of her points on her second serve. Osaka committed 29 unforced errors and recorded 21 winners.
Chan, who has four aces, will face Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia in the second round.
Romania's Sorana Cirstea also scored an upset, as she defeated No. 12 seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-4. Cirstea scored eight aces and saved five of her seven break points in a match that lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes.
14th-seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova won her 7-5, 6-1 win over Venus' Williams. Pliskova was an ace and she had an 8-2 lead.
"I think we're finally leveling up," said Pliskova. "Hard courts are my favourite. I've always had good results in America, so I hope I can play more matches here."
Pliskova next faces Belgium's Elise She faces Mertens To do. Elise She Mertens beat Ukraine's Angelina Kalinina 6-1 6-1.
Also, Shelby his Rodgers thumped his nine serves his ace, beating out fellow American Sophia Kenin by her 6-1 6-2 in just 66 minutes. I was.
In other matches, Russia's Anna Kalinskaya defeated Italy's Martina Trevisan 7-6(2) 7-5 while Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk beat Italy's Camila Giorgi 6-4 5-7. We went down 6-4.
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