Andreescu, Marino post victories in Round 1 of Guadalajara Open; Fernandez eliminated

Canada's Bianca Andreescu cruised her way to a 6-2, 6-4 opening-round win over Jil Teichmann of Spain at the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open on Monday.

The 22-year-old Andreescu will next face Petra Kvitova of Czechia, who defeated Bernarda Pera of Croatia 6-3, 7-5.

Vancouver's Rebecca Marino also came away with a first-round victory defeating American Ann Li 6-2, 7-6 (2).

WATCH | Andreescu defeats Teichmann at Guadalajara Open:

Bianca Andreescu advances to 2nd round in Guadalajara

2 years ago

Duration 2:56

Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., beat Switzerland's Jil Teichmann 6-2, 6-4 in the opening round of the Guadalajara Open.

Marino fired 11 aces to just one double fault and converted on three of her 10 break point opportunities. Li committed five double faults and only broke once out of her three chances.

The Canadian will face world No. 10 Caroline Garcia of France on Tuesday night.

Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., came up short against Belinda Bencic of Switzerland on Monday night, losing 5-7, 7-6(10), 3-6 in a marathon match that took two hours, 45 minutes to complete.

WATCH | Leylah Fernandez ousted from WTA Guadalajara Open:

Leylah Fernandez ousted from WTA Guadalajara Open

2 years ago

Duration 3:54

Laval's Leylah Fernandez was eliminated from the Guadalajara Open, in a grueling three set match against Switzerland's Belinda Bencic by a score of 7-5, 6-7,6-3

Bencic had seven aces compared to two for Fernandez, with the winner leading in double faults 13 to 8.