New British No 1 Robson through in Guangzhou after opponent retires hurt
Laura Robson earned a comfortable
passage through to the second round of the WTA Guangzhou International
Women's Open after her opponent retired injured in the second set.
Robson,
playing in her first match since reaching the fourth round of the US
Open, was leading 6-2 3-1 against Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor when the
Spaniard was forced to pull out with a thigh problem.
Following
her impressive run at Flushing Meadows, the 18-year-old Robson also
became the British No 1 for the first time, replacing Heather Watson as
she climbed up a place to a 74th in the world. Watson slipped three
places to 75th.
In the second round in Guangzhou,
Olympic mixed doubles silver medallist Robson will either play second
seed Jie Zheng of China or Yung-Jan Chan of Taiwan.
Also
progressing through to the second round today were defending champion
and fifth seed Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa, who defeated Chinese
wildcard Qiang Wang 6-0 6-3.
Scheepers will next meet Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski, who eased past Hungarian Timea Babos 6-1 6-3.
In today's other first-round matches Mandy Minella of Luxembourg beat France's Pauline Parmentier 7-5 3-6 6-3.
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