Andreescu defeats Rybakina in straight sets, advances to Italian Open 4th round

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 11, 2025 12:53 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

Canada's Bianca Andreescu is done to the 4th circular of the Italian Open WTA 1000 tennis tourney aft posting a 6-2, 6-4 triumph implicit No. 11 effect Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan connected Sunday successful Rome.

Andreescu, a 24-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., converted 3 interruption points and saved 5 to triumph the third-round lucifer successful 1 hr 27 minutes.

The 2019 U.S. Open champion is backmost connected the comeback way aft precocious returning from astir six months disconnected the WTA Tour.

Currently ranked 121st, Andreescu earned her archetypal triumph against a top-20 hostile since 2023 connected Friday with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 triumph against Donna Vekic of Croatia successful the 2nd round.

Rybakina hadn't dropped a acceptable successful 3 erstwhile meetings with Andreescu, including a triumph successful the 2nd circular of the Madrid Open past month.

Andreescu volition play the victor of a lucifer betwixt No. 8 Qinwen Zheng and No. 26 Magdalena Frech successful the adjacent round.

Elsewhere connected Sunday, No. 24 effect Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., mislaid her third-round lucifer 6-4, 6-2 to Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine.

Kostyuk deed 5 aces and converted 4 interruption points, compared to 1 for Fernandez, en way to victory.