Katie Boulter recorded her seventh straight win on the WTA Tour as Camila Osorio retired from their Merida Open conflict.
The British No 3 arrived in Mexico on the again of successful the Ostrava Open and overcame points along with her serve to edge previous Beatriz Haddad Maia within the opening spherical.
Boulter, 29, had taken the primary set 6-3 when Colombian Osorio known as for the physio and determined in opposition to persevering with the competition.
The victory sees Boulter progress to the final eight, the place she’s going to both face high seed Jasmine Paolini or Australia’s Priscilla Hon.
Boulter mentioned in her courtside interview: “Clearly we actually do not wish to see ladies with accidents, it has been fairly robust just lately. I’ve seen lots of people with them and I have been by means of them myself so I understand how tough it’s.
“It’s really not fun so I wish her the very best and I hope to see her next week in Indian Wells and hopefully it’s something small.”
She added: “Obviously, I really love playing in front of a lot of people so it’s really nice to have everyone out here supporting the tournament. I’m just happy to be out here and playing more matches.”
Boulter comes into the event on the again of successful the Ostrava Open
Jones suffers first-round exit in Austin
Britain’s Fran Jones made a first-round exit on the ATX Open in Austin as Peyton Stearns recovered from a set right down to edge a closely-fought contest.
House favorite Stearns reeled off the primary three video games, however Jones took the subsequent seven to win the primary set and maintain at first of the second.
However the 25-year-old started to battle along with her serve and was damaged in six of her final seven service video games as Stearns wrapped up a 3-6 6-3 6-2 victory.
It was Jones’ first match since she left the court docket in tears on the Australian Open after pulling out of her opening match with a leg harm.
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