Bell tolls for Vaidisova

Top seed Nicole Vaidisova is out of the Bell Challenge after suffering a wrist injury.

Wrist injury puts paid to Czech's challenge

Top seed Nicole Vaidisova fell at the first hurdle in the Bell Challenge in Canada when she was forced to retire with a wrist injury. The Czech world number 12 cruised through the first set against compatriot Renata Voracova, but had just lost the second 6-3 when she decided to call it quits. American fourth seed Meilen Tu was also eliminated on Wednesday when she lost 6-2 6-2 to Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson. The Swede could face rejuvenated American Lindsay Davenport in the quarter-finals, if the former world number one gets past Aleksandra Wozniak. Second-seeded Vera Zvonareva, of Russia, was also pushed by France's Severine Bremond in another first round match. The 23-year-old Zvonareva eventually defeated Bremond 6-3 7-6 win over to advance to a meeting with either Olga Poutchkova of Russia or Jill Craybus of the United States.