On the women’s side, one of the early favorites, Elena Rybakina, had to withdraw from the tournament due to illness. The Kazakh had a fever on Friday and was forced to leave the walk over before the meeting with the Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo.
Rybakina, ranked 4 in the world, was seen as one of the strongest challengers to world number one Iga Swiatek, who faces China’s Wang Xinyu later on Saturday.