It was a troublesome Saturday for Canadian tennis gamers on the BNP Paribas Open.
Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., misplaced 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 in her girls’s singles opener to 21-year-old underdog Diane Parry of France, whereas Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., withdrew from his males’s single match with ninth-seeded Holger Rune as a consequence of damage.
Fernandez, seeded twenty ninth within the WTA 1000 tourney, battled towards Parry, however may by no means meet up with her rival’s serve or aggressive return sport.
Fernandez had six aces in comparison with Parry’s two within the two hour, 57-minute match. Parry had 10 double faults however did properly with limiting her unforced errors.
Parry received 55 service factors, whereas Fernandez had 47.
Fernandez was the lone Canadian girl competing at Indian Wells, Calif., in singles.
Raonic benefited within the first spherical when Rafael Nadal withdrew with an damage and as an alternative performed Sumit Nagal, which Raonic received simply.
All three tournaments that the 33-year-old Raonic has performed on this 12 months have ended with accidents. He retired within the first spherical of the Australian Open and within the quarterfinals of Rotterdam.
In girls’s doubles motion, Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and her associate Erin Routliffe of New Zealand solely wanted 57 minutes to beat Alexandra Panova of Russia and Cristina Bucsa of Moldova 6-0, 6-3.
Dabrowski and Routliffe, seeded second within the event, had one ace, 4 double faults and received 5 service video games and 7 return video games.
Panova and Bucsa had no aces, one double fault, one service sport received and two return video games received.
