Andreescu among trio of Canadians eliminated in French Open qualifying

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 21, 2025 2:10 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

Bianca Andreescu's comeback deed a snag Wednesday erstwhile she was bounced from the 2nd circular of the French Open qualifying tourney successful Paris.

The 17th effect from Mississauga, Ont., had lucifer constituent against Japan's Nao Hibino up 5-3 successful the 2nd set. But she failed to convert, and Hibino came backmost for a 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 triumph connected the clay courts of Roland Garros that took 2 hours 31 minutes to complete.

Andreescu was 1 of 3 Canadians eliminated from qualifying Wednesday astatine the 2nd Grand Slam of the tennis season.

Germany's Tamara Korpatsch cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 triumph implicit 24th effect Marina Stakusic of Mississauga, and 10th effect Rebeka Masarova of Switzerland was a comfy 6-0, 6-3 victor implicit Carson Branstine, a Californian who represents Canada internationally.

The 24-year-old Andreescu, a erstwhile satellite No. 4 and the 2019 U.S. Open champion, is backmost connected the tribunal aft a astir six-month layoff pursuing exigency appendix country successful February. She has had immoderate occurrence this twelvemonth connected clay -- which she has said is not her strongest aboveground -- including a tally to the 4th circular of the WTA 1000 Italian Open earlier this month.

Rising prima Victoria Mboko of Toronto, the past Canadian live successful qualifying, plays a second-round lucifer Thursday against Kathinka von Deichmann of Liechtenstein.

Elsewhere, Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal defeated Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard of France 6-4, 6-2 successful the 2nd circular of the Hamburg Open.

Auger-Aliassime, seeded sixth successful Hamburg, is utilizing the ATP 500 tourney arsenic a tune-up for the French Open aft helium withdrew from the Italian Open with a sore back. He volition adjacent look France's Alexandre Muller, who precocious to the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (5) upset of apical effect Alexander Zverev.