Pennetta advances, Robson withdraws from Rogers Cup women's tournament Flavia Pennetta and Yanina Wickmayer were among the early winners in the first round of the Rogers Cup women's tournament. Pennetta of Italy became the first player through to the second round when she eliminated Urszula Radwanska 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 on Monday, while Belgium's Wickmayer ousted American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Mattek-Sands was called upon shortly before the match after Britain's Laura Robson pulled out with a right wrist injury. Known for her eye-catching fashion sense, Mattek-Sands sported black socks and wrist bands with a streak of green in her blonde hair. 32-ranked Robson - set to make her Rogers Cup debut - joins a list of injured players who withdrew from the tournament, including top-5 seeds Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka. Robson was coming off a strong performance at Wimbledon where she reached the fourth round - the first British woman to do it since 1998. In other early results Monday, Mona Barthel of Germany advanced with a 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (1) win over China's Jie Zheng and Dominika Cibulkova knocked off fellow Slovakian Jana Cepelova 7-5, 6-4. Romania's Sorana Cirstea also moved on with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Ukrainian qualifier Olga Savchuk. 14 American Sloane Stephens was scheduled to play Kristina Mladenovic of France in the evening while 18-year-old Canadian qualifier Carol Zhao takes on Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.