Bianca Andreescu was eliminated from the French Open after losing a third-set tiebreaker in Round 1.
PARIS — Canada’s Bianca Andreescu is out of the French Open after suffering a first-round loss.
The No. 6 seed, from Mississauga, Ont., lost 6-7 , 7-6 , 9-7 to world No. 85 Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia on Monday in a three-hour, 20-minute match at the clay-court Grand Slam. Zidansek is into the second round of the French Open for the first time after pulling off her first career victory over a top-10 opponent.The 20-year-old Andreescu pulled out of last week’s Strasbourg warm-up event with abdominal discomfort after winning two matches.
Prior to that, the 2019 U.S. Open champion was off seven weeks. Andreescu suffered a foot injury in the final of the Miami Open in April and then tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Spain for the start of the clay-court season.
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