The American lost 7-5 and 6-4 to Saville and the Romanian lost 7-5 and 2-0 to Kalinskaya when she retired due to injury
The Australian will play against Rebecca Marino and the Russian against the winner of the Kanepi – Zhu
the american Jessica Pegula, first seeded, fell this Wednesday in the second round of the Washington tournament against Australian Daria Saville, while Romanian Simona Halep, third favorite, withdrew due to injury. Pegula, number 7 in the world ranking, lost 7-5 and 6-4 to Saville, number 88, in one hour and 38 minutes, after opening on Monday with a solid victory against her compatriot Hailey Baptiste. Saville, who had qualified for this round after a hard-fought third-set tiebreak victory against Sweden’s Mirijam Bjorklund, will face Canadian Rebecca Marino in the quarterfinals.
The tournament also lost its third seed, the winner of two Grand Slam titles Simona Halep. Withdrew due to injury when i was losing 7-5 y 2-0 against the Russian Anna Kalinskaya, number 71 in the world. With pride, Halep had managed to come back from 0-4 in the first set to 3-4, but, after losing the set and starting the second in a negative way, she left the match after one hour and twelve minutes due to an injury whose extent was not has been revealed. Kalinskaya will play the quarterfinal against the winner of the match between Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi and China’s Lin Zhu.
