England’s Heather Watson was compelled to resign with shoulder damage in the first round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada. Watson, 25, was trailing Japan’s Naomi Osaka 6-1 4-1 when the world number 71 flagged she was not able proceed. French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, 20, was additionally in real life in the ladies’ attract Toronto however endured a thrashing by 31-year-old qualifier Varvara Lepchenko.
Latvia’s Ostapenko took the principal set and was 3-0 up in the second however lost 1-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-5) to the American.
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, 37, is the most seasoned player in the draw and was given an intense test before defeating qualifier Irina-Camelia Begu 6-1 3 6-3.
Two-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova beat Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1 7-6 (7-5) to advance, and, regardless of an agreeable first set, needed to recuperate from 4-1 down in the prior second securing triumph.
In the interim, British number two Kyle Edmund additionally lost his first-round match to world number 33 David Ferrer in Montreal.
The 22-year-old went down 6-7 6-4 6-3 to his Spanish adversary. England’s number one Andy Murray pulled back from the Rogers Cup as he still can’t seem to recuperate from the hip damage which hampered his Wimbledon battle. Murray remains an uncertainty for the US Open, which starts on 28 August.
“I’m feeling it all the time,” said 22-year-old Kyrgios, who needed seven match points to finish off the match.
“It’s not something that is just going to heal. I can compete so that’s the most I can do at the moment.” Australian Nick Kyrgios controlled to a 6-1 6-2 first-round prevail upon Viktor Troicki as he hinted at no the hip damage that constrained him to resign in the primary rounds at Queen’s Club and Wimbledon.
