Canada's Bianca Andreescu reacts as she plays 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. Andreescu was eliminated from the Libema Open on Thursday after dropping a 7-6 (6), 6-3 decision to Slovakia's Viktoria Hruncakova. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Thibault Camus
‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands – Canada’s Bianca Andreescu and Milos Raonic lost their second-round matches Thursday at the Libema Open.
Andreescu was eliminated after dropping a 7-6 (6), 6-3 decision to Slovakia’s Viktoria Hruncakova. Australia’s Jordan Thompson topped Raonic 7-6 (4), 6-1 later in the day at the outdoor grass-court event.
Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., had opportunities but converted only two of her 16 break-point chances. The world No. 37 was the No. 6 seed at the WTA 250-level tournament.
The unseeded Hruncakova, the world No. 105, will next face American Ashlyn Krueger in the quarterfinals.
Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., made a successful return to the ATP Tour earlier in the week with a first-round win over Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic.
It was the Canadian’s first competitive match in almost two years. The 32-year-old had been away from the Tour to recover from Achilles tendon and toe injuries.
Thompson will next face Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, who upset top-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev in three sets.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 15, 2023.
