Canada’s Bianca Andreescu eliminated from Madrid Open
MADRID – Canada’s Bianca Andreescu was eradicated from the Spherical of 16 on the Madrid Open following a 7-5, 6-1 loss to American Jessica Pegula on Tuesday.
Pegula, the match’s twelfth seed, had Andreescu on her heels for a lot of the match, successful 57.1 per cent of the entire serve factors obtainable to her.
Andreescu, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, fought off 14 of 17 break factors within the opening set, earlier than being damaged 3 times on 4 makes an attempt within the decisive second set.
Pegula advances to the quarterfinal towards Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo, who defeated Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to succeed in her third WTA 1000 quarterfinal.
Andreescu entered the clay-court match with a world rating of 111.
She reached a career-high rating of No. 4 in October 2019 due to her breakout season that noticed her win prestigious occasions in Toronto and Indian Wells, Calif., along with her first Grand Slam at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Could 3, 2022.
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