Bianca Andreescu eliminated from German Open

BERLIN –

Canada’s Bianca Andreescu was eradicated type the German Open grass-court tennis match with a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7) loss to fourth seed Karolina Pliskova in second-round motion Wednesday.

Andreescu was up 5-3 within the third set, however Pliskova got here again to power a tiebreak.

The Czech participant then got here again from an early deficit within the additional session earlier than profitable on her third match level.

Pliskova fired 12 aces within the match, in comparison with two for Andreescu.

Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., had 11 break-point probabilities within the match, changing 4. Pliskova was profitable on three of her six break probabilities.

It was the third profession assembly between the 2, with the earlier two matchups coming in 2019.

Andreescu defeated Pliskova within the quarterfinals of the 2019 Rogers Cup in Toronto en path to profitable the occasion. The 2 months later, the Canadian retired with an harm in a first-round match with Pliskova on the WTA Finals.

This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed June 15, 2022.