Milos Raonic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga crash out in China Open

Sport360 staff 00:14 06/10/2015
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  • Jo-Wilfried Tsonga crashed out against unseeded Andreas Haider-Maurer.

    Milos Raonic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were among the surprise first-round casualties at the ATP & WTA China Open in Beijing on Monday.

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    Serbia's world number 24 Viktor Troicki saw off fifth seed Raonic 6-4 6-4 in 76 minutes, holding the 6ft 5in Canadian to four aces and breaking his serve twice, dealing a blow to Raonic's hopes of reaching the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

    Tsonga, coming off his first title of the year in Metz last month, led 5-3 in the first set against Andreas Haider-Maurer but the unseeded Austrian rallied for a 7-6 (7/4) 6-2 victory which earned him a second-round date with Jack Sock.

    American Sock won 88 per cent of first-serve points en route to a 6-4 6-3 triumph over Russia's Teymuraz Gabashvili.

    Seventh seed David Goffin of Belgium and Italy's Fabio Fognini advanced comfortably to round two, ousting Andreas Seppi and Martin Klizan respectively.

    Home favourite Zhang Ze overcome a second-set wobble to defeat Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 6-3 1-6 6-3, while Czech Lukas Rosol recovered from a set down to beat Great Britain's Aljaz Bedene 1-6 7-6 (8/6) 6-3.

    In the women's first round, 13th-seeded German Andrea Petkovic progressed when, leading Eugenie Bouchard 6-2 1-1, the Canadian retired due to dizziness and left the court in tears.

    "I thought I was physically ready but unfortunately the symptoms of my concussion came back," Bouchard said, following a disappointing first competitive match since withdrawing from the US Open.

    She added in a statement: "I want to thank all my fans at the China Open for their support. I hope to get well soon and look forward to returning next year."

    Also in the first round, former US Open champion Samantha Stosur cruised past Monica Niculescu 6-3 6-2, while 11th seed Belinda Bencic and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni posted three-set wins over Madison Brengle and Irina-Camelia Begu respectively.

    In second-round action, fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska survived a scare on her way to defeating Mona Barthel of Germany 4-6 6-1 6-4.

    She will next face Madison Keys after the 14th-seeded American also overcame a shaky start to get past Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko 3-6 6-1 6-0.

    Seventh seed Carla Suarez Navarro advanced with a 7-6 (7/1) 6-2 triumph over Monica Puig, while Svetlana Kuznetsova overcame American Sloane Stephens 3-6 6-3 6-4 and 15th seed Roberta Vinci downed Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck 6-2 6-2.

    One seed sent on her way in the women's draw was Elina Svitolina. Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova saw off the 16th seed from Ukraine 6-4 1-6 6-3.

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