British primary Katie Boulter reached the third spherical of the Canadian Open in Toronto as opponent Beatriz Haddad Maia was pressured to retire injured after simply two video games.
Haddad Maia, the world quantity 33 and thirteenth seed, obtained remedy for a difficulty along with her decrease again after the primary sport.
The Brazilian tried to return, however retired as soon as Boulter, 28, levelled the primary set at 1-1.
Boulter, who advances to the third spherical of the competitors for the primary time, will play the winner of the sport between world quantity three Aryna Sabalenka’s match in opposition to China’s Yuan Yue on Friday.
Elsewhere, American prime seed Coco Guaff beat China’s Wang Yafan 6-4 6-4 to arrange a tie with Diana Shnaider – who knocked out Britain’s Harriet Dart within the first spherical.
Third seed Jessica Pegula gained 7-5 6-4 in opposition to Karolina Pliskova, whereas world quantity 17 Anna Kalinskaya beat Lesia Tsurenko 6-2 6-2.
