EASTBOURNE, England — Elena Rybakina withdrew from the Eastbourne International citing a virus sickness on Monday, per week earlier than she’s as a consequence of defend her Wimbledon title.
Eastbourne, the place Rybakina was seeded No. 1, made the announcement earlier than her scheduled first-round match.
Rybakina withdrew final month from the French Open, additionally citing a vial sickness, earlier than her third-round match. Since then, the Kazakh appeared on the Berlin Open final week and misplaced within the second spherical.
Former No. 1 Karolina Pliskova, a two-time Eastbourne champion, moved previous Elise Mertens when the Belgian retired with a left hip harm whereas trailing 6-7 (3), 6-3, 3-0.
Pliskova, the Eastbourne winner in 2017 and 2019, will play Daria Kasatkina subsequent.
On the lads’s facet, sixth-seeded Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina misplaced his opener to J.J. Wolf of the United States 6-2, 6-4. Wolf earned his first tour win on grass.
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