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

Fernandez, of Laval, Que., falls to Switzerland's Bencic in 2 hour, 45-minute match

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Caption: Canada's Bianca Andreescu, who was eliminated in the round of 16 at San Diego last week, breezed to an opening-round 6-2, 6-4 victory over Jil Teichmann of Switzerland at the Guadalajara Open on Monday in Mexico. (Henry Romero/Reuters)

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 Mississauga, Ont., native broke on five of her seven opportunities while winning 61 per cent of her first-serve points in the one hour, 20-minute match.
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).
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Caption: Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., beat Switzerland's Jil Teichmann 6-2, 6-4 in the opening round of the Guadalajara Open.

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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.
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Caption: 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

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