Carson Branstine defeated Bianca Andreescu 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1 in an all-Canadian second-round Wimbledon ladies’s qualifier on Wednesday.
Branstine was joined within the last spherical of qualifying by 18-year-old Victoria Mboko of Toronto, who defeated Switzerland’s Valentina Ryser 6-3, 6-3.
The 24-year-old Branstine, a California native who represents Canada by way of household ties in Toronto, was coming off a first-round upset of high seed and French Open semifinalist Lois Boisson.
Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., struggled on serve, profitable simply 57 per cent of her first-serve factors. The 2019 U.S. Open champion managed solely three aces in comparison with Branstine’s six.
Branstine, who opened her grass season earlier this month together with her first WTA Tour main-draw win within the Netherlands, will subsequent face Cyprus’s Raluca Serban with a Wimbledon main-draw berth on the road.
Mboko continued her breakout tennis season by firing seven aces and profitable 84 per cent of first serve factors towards Ryser.
The Canadian was additionally aggressive on return and transformed 4 of her 17 probabilities to interrupt.
Mboko, seeded sixth within the qualifying event, will face thirtieth seed Patricia Hon of Australia on Thursday for a spot in the principle draw.
Mboko improved her document this yr to 44-6, with most of these wins approaching the lower-tier ITF World Tennis Tour circuit.
She made her Grand Slam debut on the French Open, the place she superior to the third spherical after qualifying for the principle draw.
Additionally Wednesday, Alexis Galarneau of Laval, Que., misplaced his second-round males’s qualifier 6-3, 6-2 to Britain’s Oliver Tarvet.
