Andreescu disposes of Taiwanese opponent in 74 minutes to reach Libema Open 2nd round

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 10, 2025 6:10 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 10

Bianca Andreescu had a winning commencement to her grass-court tennis play with a 6-1, 6-3 triumph implicit Taiwan's Joanna Garland successful women's first-round enactment Tuesday astatine the Libema Open.

Andreescu didn't look a interruption constituent portion converting 4 of 8 interruption opportunities to wrapper up the lucifer successful conscionable 74 minutes.

The 24-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., is slated to look seventh effect Lulu Sun of New Zealand connected Wednesday astatine the ATP/WTA 250 lawsuit successful s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

Andreescu, the 2019 U.S. Open champion and a erstwhile satellite No. 4, entered the Libema Open astatine No. 118 and is looking for a beardown commencement connected writer aft failing to suffice for the clay-court French Open.

Canadian qualifier Carson Branstine, who was calved successful California but represents Canada done her mother, had her lucifer with apical effect Liudmila Samsonova of Russia suspended owed to darkness. Branstine took the archetypal acceptable 6-4 and Samsonov tied it with a 7-5 triumph successful the 2nd set.

The decisive acceptable volition beryllium played Wednesday.

Branstine and Andreescu are teamed up successful the women's doubles gully and are acceptable to play a quarterfinal Wednesday against 2nd seeds Fanny Stollar of Hungary and Irina Khromacheva of Russia. Branstine and Andreescu joined up to triumph the girls' doubles rubric astatine the 2017 Australian Open.

Also successful s'Hertogenbosch, Montreal's Gabriel Diallo and spouse Ugo Humbert of France fell 6-3, 6-4 to Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Sem Verbeek of the Netherlands successful first-round men's doubles action.

Diallo is inactive live successful singles contention and is slated to look sixth effect Jordan Thompson of Australia successful second-round enactment Wednesday.

Meanwhile successful Stuttgart, Germany, 5th effect Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., was upset 6-4, 2-6, 6-0 by France's Arthur Rinderknech successful the archetypal circular of the ATP 250 Boss Open.

Rinderknech converted each 3 break-point chances helium had successful a ascendant 3rd acceptable and levelled his vocation grounds against Shapovalov to 2-2.