WTA BASTAD, STANFORD and WASHINGTON – Kerber retires, Cibulkova and Mladenovic advance

WTA BASTAD

We start with the last European clay-court event of the season, Bastad, that lost its biggest star: Angelique Kerber could not enter the court due to an elbow injury. ‘Yesterday during the match my elbow started to give me pain and I was hoping that overnight all the treatment that I got last night and this morning would make it better’, Kerber said. ‘But I was practicing this morning and I was not feeling 100% and it’s still painful so that’s why I decided not to risk it and why I’m withdrawing’. So Lara Arruabarrena advances to the quarter-finals where will face Laura Siegemund. In the other three matches of the day, Julia Goerges beat Bethanie Mattek Sands in three sets and will face Karin Knapp, the Defending champion Johanna Larsson dominated Sara Sorribes and will play Annika Beck, who lost only two games against Sevastova.Second round matches results:  …

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