NEW DELHI: Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk advanced to the third round for the first time in Wimbledon after her Spanish opponent Paula Badosa retired with an injury in London on Friday.
The 21-year-old Kostyuk was leading 6-2, 1-0 when Badosa withdrew from the match due to a back problem.
Badosa, who is the girlfriend of Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas, had previously missed the French Open due to a spinal stress fracture.
Badosa was scheduled to play with Tsitsipas in the mixed doubles but she has pulled out of the tournament saying the "smartest thing" to do was to stop playing.
"The injury is the same as I have been struggling the past weeks. It's the stress fracture," Badosa told reporters.
"I tried my best to try to play here, but yesterday when I woke up I already, after my first-round match, felt it again.
"It's a little bit worse. So I will need a few days off and talk to my team and see what I do in the next days and the next weeks."
Kostyuk, who defeated eighth seed Maria Sakkari in the first round, will now look forward to her next match against either 25th seed Madison Keys or Viktorija Golubic.
She will aim to continue her successful run in the tournament.
(With Reuters inputs)
