MADRID — Bianca Andreescu made a triumphant return to WTA 1000-level tennis Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-4 win over McCartney Kessler of america in first-round motion on the Madrid Open.
The 24-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., transformed all 4 break-point probabilities towards Kessler. The American was far much less opportunistic, making simply considered one of her eight break-point probabilities depend.
Andreescu had three aces to only one double fault on the clay courtroom in Madrid and gained 54.6 per cent of whole factors.
The Canadian, who entered the event ranked 132nd on this planet, will face world No. 11 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan within the second spherical. Rybakina has gained each of their earlier conferences.
Andreescu, a former world No. 4 and the 2019 U.S. Open champion, made her return from a six-month absence to the WTA circuit final week with a 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (2) first-round loss to Suzan Lamens within the first spherical of the Open de Rouen.
Her final match earlier than that was a straight-set loss to Katie Boulter within the Tokyo quarterfinals in October earlier than she took time without work to deal with her well being.
Andreescu returned from a nine-month absence because of a again harm eventually 12 months’s French Open earlier than taking extra time without work between a first-round exit on the U.S. Open and her two appearances in Japan.
She has two 1000-level wins in her profession, each coming in her breakout 2019 marketing campaign in Indian Wells, Calif., and Toronto. She additionally superior to the ultimate of the 2021 Miami Open.
In Thursday’s motion, Twenty fifth-seed Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., will face Ann Li of america.
In males’s motion, 18th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal and twenty ninth seed Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., are set to play second-round matches Friday after receiving first-round byes. Their opponents are but to be decided.
