Canada's Bianca Andreescu returns the ball to Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko during their third round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Thibault Camus
PARIS – Canada’s Bianca Andreescu is out of the French Open after losing to Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, in the third round on Saturday.
Andreescu won just 38 per cent of her first serve points as Tsurenko dominated the match from start to finish.
Tsurenko, ranked 66th in the world, went 3-for-3 on breakpoints to handily take the first set.
Andreescu, who’s ranked 42nd, broke Tsurenko to open the second set, but the Ukrainian quickly bounced back to take six unanswered games. Tsurenko will play world No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland in the next round.
The 22-year-old Andreescu from Mississauga, Ont., was the last Canadian remaining in singles tournament play at Roland Garros after Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., lost to world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s bracket on Friday.
In women’s doubles play, Canadians Gabriela Dabrowski and Leylah Fernandez are headed for a third-round showdown.
Ottawa’s Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani take on Fernandez of Laval, Que., and American teammate Taylor Townsend on Monday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 3, 2023.
