The 37-year-old will now face world number five Mirra Andrejewa.
Laura Siegemund has reached the second round of the WTA tournament in Wuhan, China. In a closely contested opening match, the 37-year-old was leading 7-5, 4-6, 4-1 against Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska, who is twelve years her junior, when Yastremska was forced to retire due to injury.
Wimbledon quarterfinalist Siegemund, who was recently eliminated in the first round in Beijing, will face fifth seed Mirra Andreeva in the $3.6 million 1000 tournament in the metropolis of eight million. Things haven’t been going too well for the 18-year-old from Russia recently; since her triumph in Indian Wells in March, the world number five has not reached a semifinal. Siegemund is the only German player in Wuhan. Eva Lys, who reached the quarterfinals in Beijing, has not registered.