GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Canada's Bianca Andreescu cruised her way to a 6-2, 6-4 opening-round win over Jil Teichmann of Spain at the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open on Monday.
The Mississauga, Ont., native broke on five of her seven opportunities while winning 61 per cent of her first-serve points in the one hour, 20-minute match.
The 22-year-old Andreescu will next face Petra Kvitova of Czechia, who defeated Bernarda Pera of Croatia 6-3, 7-5.
Vancouver's Rebecca Marino also came away with a first-round victory defeating American Ann Li 6-2, 7-6 (2).
Marino fired 11 aces to just one double fault and converted on three of her 10 break point opportunities. Li committed five double faults and only broke once out of her three chances.
The Canadian will face world No. 10 Caroline Garcia of France on Tuesday night.
Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., came up short against Belinda Bencic of Switzerland on Monday night, losing 5-7, 7-6(10), 3-6 in a marathon match that took two hours, 45 minutes to complete.
Bencic had seven aces compared to two for Fernandez, with the winner leading in double faults 13 to 8.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 17, 2022.
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