Canada's Bianca Andreescu was eliminated from the Australian Open on Thursday, dropping her second-round match 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 to Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia. The loss halted a solid start to the 2019 tennis season for the 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., who was coming off her first final appearance at a WTA tournament two weeks ago. […]
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Upstart Canadian Andreescu soars to career-best 107 in world tennis rankings
Canada's Bianca Andreescu jumped 45 positions to a career-high No. 107 in the world rankings Monday after her surprising run to the final at the ASB Classic. The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., stunned former world No. 1s Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and American Venus Williams en route to her first appearance in a WTA Tour […]
Canadian teen Bianca Andreescu reaches final at ASB Classic
Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu is heading to her first WTA Tour event final. The 18-year-old cruised past 28th-ranked Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan on Saturday 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals at the ASB Classic. Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., is interviewed after winning her semi-final game against Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan at the ASB Classic in […]
Canadian teen Bianca Andreescu earns huge upset at Citi Open
Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu advanced to the women’s quarter-finals at the Citi Open with a huge 6-2, 6-3 upset of second-seed Kristina Mladenovic on Thursday. Andreescu, a 17-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., picked up her first win over a top-20 WTA player. Mladenovic is ranked 12th in the world. Eugenie Bouchard failed to join Andreescu in […]
Canadian teens Andreescu, Shapovalov to make Wimbledon debuts
Canada originally had three direct entrants in the 2017 Wimbledon main-draw singles but that number has doubled over the past two weeks. Milos Raonic, Eugenie Bouchard and Vasek Pospisil were guaranteed spots in the 128-player fields, but Denis Shapovalov’s impressive showing at the Queen’s Club tournament in London two weeks ago earned him a main-draw […]