KITZBUEHEL, Austria — Two-time former champion Robin Haase of the Netherlands advanced to the second round of the Generali Open on Monday after his opponent Juan Monaco pulled out in the second set with a right-wrist injury.
The fifth-seeded Argentine, also a former winner in 2007, led 6-2, 1-1 when he walked off the court and sat down on his chair in tears. He received medical treatment but decided not to play on.
Monaco had wrist problems before when they forced him to sit out the final months of the 2013 season.
"I didn't see what happened but when he walked off, I saw it didn't look good," said Haase, who won the event in 2011 and '12.