Japanese qualifier Mai Hontama advanced in the women's singles at Wimbledon on Monday after her Danish opponent Clara Tauson pulled out with an injury while 4-1 down in the opening set of their first-round match. The 139th-ranked Hontama, making her first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam, broke the 53rd-ranked Tauson in the third game before the match came to an end after half an hour. "I feel I didn't leave everything out there but am happy," said the 22-year-old Hontama, whose low groundstrokes proved effective on the grass court against her tall counterpart. "Unexpectedly, I didn...
