Eugenie Bouchard of Canada celebrates winning a set against compatriot Bianca Andreescu during first round play at the Rogers Cup women's tennis tournament in Toronto, Tuesday August 6, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch
MB/GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Canada's Eugenie Bouchard advanced to the second round of the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open by knocking off American Kayla Day 7-5, 6-3 on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old Montreal native showed some impressive flash on the court as she fired two aces and saved 50 per cent of Day's break point chances in the one hour, 26-minute match.
Bouchard, who set the tennis world on fire in 2014 when she reached the Wimbledon final, and semifinals at the French Open and Australian Open, was also strong on return against the powerful serve and hitting of her 23-year-old opponent, who had five aces and won 68 per cent of her points on first serve.
She will next face 12th-seeded Jelena Ostapenko on Wednesday.
Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., lost her opening set 6-3 on Tuesday night to 16th-seeded Petra Kvitova of Czechia, but bounced back with impressive 6-2, 6-0 wins to take the match in two hours, 11 minutes.
Kvitova had eight double faults in the match compared to five for Andreescu, while serving four aces to Andreescu's one. Andreescu advanced to Tuesday's match after beating Jil Teichmann of Spain 6-2, 6-4 on Monday. The ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥ now moves on to the round of 16.
Heavy favourite Caroline Garcia of France had to dig deep Tuesday night to defeat Vancouver's Rebecca Marino.
The world's 10th-ranked player lost the first set 7-6(2), then bounced back with a 6-3 win in the second. The third and deciding set went to a tiebreak and Garcia won 7-5. The entertaining match took two hours and 31 minutes to play.
Marino had 24 aces, compared with Garcia's 13.
This report by ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥was first published Oct. 18, 2022.
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