It was simply a kind of days the place nothing went proper for Bianca Andreescu and every little thing seemingly went the best way of her opponent, Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine, on Saturday in Paris. That’s as a result of the 22-year-old Canadian was eradicated 6-1, 6-1 in her first third-round look at Roland-Garros in simply over an hour.
Andreescu had recreation factors on her serve within the opening recreation, however nonetheless was damaged which ended up being an indication of issues to come back within the match. Regardless of her greatest efforts, she simply couldn’t make any in-roads towards Tsurenko who put forth a just about flawless efficiency from begin to end.
Within the first recreation of the second set, Andreescu began hitting her groundstrokes with way more conviction, reeling off 4 consecutive winners to interrupt Tsurenko’s serve and sign a much-needed reset. Sadly, her lead was short-lived, and he or she was unable to take care of that stage within the face of her opponent’s sturdy play as she dropped six straight video games en path to a disappointing loss.
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Nonetheless, breaking new floor on the clay on the French Open by reaching the third spherical is noteworthy and units her up properly for the grass season throughout which she reached a WTA singles last final yr in Dangerous Homburg, Germany.
First although, Andresscu will look to make a deep run in combined doubles at Roland-Garros together with her companion Michael Venus of New Zealand. The pair will play for a spot in quarter-finals on Sunday towards Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mate Pavic. In the meantime, Gabriela Dabrowski and American Nathaniel Lammons can even be vying for a berth within the last eight once they tackle Taylor Townsend and Jamie Murray.
