Andreescu fires 7 aces at Miami Open in 3rd-round victory over Sofia Kenin
The Canadian Press | Posted: March 26, 2023 7:28 PM | Last Updated: March 27, 2023
Canadian teammate Shapovalov loses in straight sets to American Taylor Fritz
Canada's Bianca Andreescu defeated American Sofia Kenin in straight sets Sunday to advance to the fourth round of the women's singles draw at the Miami Open tennis tournament.
Andreescu, of Mississauga, Ont., secured the victory 6-4, 6-4 in a match that lasted one hour 33 minutes.
The Canadian fired seven aces and had just one double fault in the match. More importantly, she converted all three break opportunities she had.
WATCH | Andreescu beats American Sofia Kenin in 3rd round:
In other women's matches:
- Australian Open winner and world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus defeated Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-2
- Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic outlasted American Madison Keys 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia beat world No. 9 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, the gold medallist at the Tokyo Olympics, 7-6 (8), 6-3
- Marketa Vondrousova ousted Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 6-2 in an all-Czech matchup
- Sorana Cirstea of Romania beat Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic 7-5, 6-1
- Varvara Gracheva of Russia defeated Magdalena Frech of Poland 6-1, 6-2
On the men's side, Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands outlasted world No. 4 Casper Ruud of Norway 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Van de Zandschulp had 12 aces to Ruud's six, but they each had three double-faults. Van de Zandschulp will face Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland in the next round.
World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain beat Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-0, 7-6 (5). Alcaraz faces American Tommy Paul on Tuesday.
Paul and compatriot Taylor Fritz advanced in straight sets earlier in the day.
Paul beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 6-3, 7-5, helped by eight aces. Fokina had six double-faults.
Fritz defeated Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., 6-4, 6-4.
Shapovalov fired 12 aces in the contest but also double-faulted seven times. Fritz had five aces and just two double-faults but broke his Canadian opponent twice in three opportunities.
What's more, Shapovalov made just 47 per cent of his first-serve chances.
Fritz will face world No. 8 Holger Rune of Denmark, who defeated Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-4, 6-2.
Also, Andrey Rublev of Russia dispatched Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbian 6-1, 6-2.
WATCH | Shapovalov ousted by Fritz: