Watson falls at the first hurdle in Washington
HEATHER WATSON was just edged out by Kirsten Flipkens in the first round of the Citi Open in Washington yesterday.
Published
The British No. 1, playing in her first event of the North American hard court season, recovered from losing the first set 6-3 to storm through the second 6-1 and force a decider.
The third went all the way to a tiebreak which the Belgian world No. 47 took 7-3 to win the match in 2hr 1min.
