Canadians at Wimbledon: Andreescu, Shapovalov out in round 2

LONDON –

Canadians Bianca Andreescu and Denis Shapovalov had been each eradicated from Wimbledon after struggling second -round losses on the All England Tennis Membership on Thursday.

Andreescu, of Missisauga, Ont., dropped a 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) resolution to Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, whereas Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., fell 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8-6) to American Brandon Nakashima on Thursday.

Rybakina fired 4 aces to Andreescu’s two, and transformed on three of 4 break factors.

Rybakina additionally gained 80 per cent of her first-serve factors, whereas Andreescu gained 65 per cent of hers.

“I did not count on for her serve to be that good … she did play properly, and he or she was attending to a bunch of balls. She was fairly stable, each side. She performed a very nice match,” stated Andreescu.

The 23-year-old Rybakina, seeded seventeenth within the ladies’s draw, will subsequent meet China’s Qinwen Zheng, 19, within the event’s third spherical.

Andreescu, 22, superior to the second spherical on the All England Tennis Membership for the primary time in her profession after breezing previous American Emina Bektas 6-1, 6-3 in Tuesday’s opener.

Shapovalov, seeded thirteenth within the males’s draw, dedicated eight double faults in his loss to Nakashima.

Shapovalov, 23, reached the semifinals on the All England Membership final 12 months, his greatest end result at a Grand Slam event.

The 20-year-old Nakashima, who’s ranked 56th on the planet, will subsequent face Daniel Elahi Galan. The Colombian superior to the third spherical when Roberto Bautista Agut withdrew from the event after testing optimistic for COVID-19.

Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski, the one Canadian left at Wimbledon, can be taking part in within the second-round doubles draw tomorrow. Dabrowski and companion Giuliana Olmos of Mexico, the event’s No. 3 seeds, will face off in opposition to Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine and Tereza Martincova of the Czech Republic.

Dabrowski and Olmos dispatched the duo of Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium and Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 6-7, 6-3 and 6-2 of their first spherical match on Thursday.

With a file from the Related Press.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed June 30, 2022