BAD GASTEIN, Austria (AP) — Third-seeded Lucie Hradecka lost to Sandra Zahlavova 7-5, 6-3 on Monday and No. 4 Iveta Benesova retired with a knee injury in the first round of the Gastein Ladies.
The 42nd-ranked Hradecka, who won the French Open doubles title in June, had eight double-faults, including one on set point in the first set.
In the only other first-round match of the day, Wimbledon mixed doubles champion Benesova trailed 317th-ranked Nikola Hofmanova of Austria 7-5, 3-2 before withdrawing because of a right knee injury.
It’s the first time the 20-year-old Hofmanova reached the second round of a WTA event.
