In the first round, she faced Britain's Laura Robson, who had to pull out due to injury. Robson was trailing Akgul Amanmuradova 5-2 in the opening set when she was forced to pull out.

The 18-year-old - ranked 118th in the world - was beleaguered by injury towards the end of last year, and played in the Australian Open less than a month after coming off crutches following a shin stress fracture. She