‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands — Bianca Andreescu misplaced a hard-fought Libema Open girls’s remaining Sunday in three units to Liudmila Samsonova within the grass-court Wimbledon tune-up.
Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., fell 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 to the second-seeded Samsonova, who needed to end her rain-interrupted semifinal earlier within the day.
“It’s upsetting, however I do know there are good issues coming for me,” Andreescu mentioned.
She performed her second match since she was sidelined for 9 months with a again harm.
“For me, that is positively a step ahead,” Andreescu mentioned. “I’ve been via quite a bit for fairly a while, particularly the final 10 months.”
Her document in 2024 is 6-2. Andreescu, who turned 24 on Sunday, was searching for her first victory since profitable the 2019 U.S. Open.
Samsonova doubled up on winners with 36 to Andreescu’s 18.
The Canadian took benefit of Samsonova’s gradual begin to break twice within the opening set. Samsonova countered within the second set to interrupt Andreescu for a 3-0 lead and compelled a deciding set.
Andreescu took an off-court medical timeout early within the third set and returned along with her higher left leg taped.
Samsonova led by an early break, however Andreescu levelled at 4-4 and saved three break factors to carry and lead 5-4.
However after a dominant maintain, Samsonova broke Andreescu once more and served out the win in a match that lasted two hours and 23 minutes.
Andreescu had defeated four-time Grand Slam title winner Naomi Osaka in a three-set quarterfinal victory.
She beat Hungarian qualifier Dalma Galfi in straight units within the semifinal on Saturday to succeed in her first remaining since 2022.
Samsonova led her Saturday semifinal 6-3, 6-7 (1) in opposition to Ekaterina Alexandrova when it was suspended by rain. Samsonova took the third set 6-1 to advance.
She gained her fifth WTA Tour title and second on grass after claiming her first in 2021 in Berlin.
