TORONTO — Bianca Andreescu had the wind — and the home-soil crowd — firmly at her back. The Canadian looking to climb a tennis mountain she's conquered before blasted a shot down the line to make an early statement at the National Bank Open.
The Canadian looking to climb a tennis mountain she's conquered before blasted a shot down the line to make an early statement at the National Bank Open.
She made the third round at both the French Open and Wimbledon before winning one match at the Paris Olympics. Tsurenko, 35, won the two previous meetings between the players, including in the third round of last year's French Open. The watered-down field is headlined by No. 2 Coco Gauff of the U.S. and No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka of Russia. American Jessica Pegula, No. 6 overall and last year's NBO winner in Montreal, is also in Canada to defend her title.Other notable first-round singles matches Tuesday saw No. 11 seed Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine and No. 12 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus advance in straight sets.
She secured her fourth break to open the second set against her 85th-ranked opponent to take a seventh straight game.
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