ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Heather Watson retired from her match in the first round of the Istanbul Tennis Championship on Tuesday in the WTA Tour’s return to European clay ahead of the French Open.
Watson took a medical timeout during the match against Sara Sorribes Tormo and had her temperature taken and her blood pressure measured.
The fifth-seeded British player laid on a towel on the side of the court before retiring from the match while trailing 3-2 in the first set.
There was no immediate announcement regarding the cause of the problem. Watson has exited in the first round of all four of her tournaments since the tennis season restarted amid the coronavirus pandemic, including a first-round loss to Johanna Konta last week at the U.S. Open.
The Istanbul tournament was originally scheduled for April.
