Bianca Andreescu Wins Ninth consecutive match in Miami

Canada’s Bianca Andreescu can say satisfaction was found in Miami defeating one of those who she had lost to at an earlier tournament.

Andreescu, who hails from Mississauga, Ontario has won nine consecutive matches after her victory over 32nd seeded Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-3 during second round action at the Miami Open. Andreescu previously lost to Kenin in Mexico at the beginning of March and was the last player to beat the Mississauga native.

However, since her loss to Kenin, Andreescu has gone on to win the BNP Paribas Open title. She is doing well in Miami having won her first two matches, and to date in 2019, Andreescu is 30-3, commenting, she said,

“I got a sense of how she plays. Obviously, I was expecting the right things. I definitely played a lot better than in Acapulco.”

Bianca Andreescu now advances to the third round where she will face Germany’s Angelique Kerber. This will be a highly anticipated rematch for the two after Andreescu defeated Kerber at this years Indian Wells final.

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The match between Andreescu and Kenin failed to deliver the drama their previous matches have, with those all going over two hours and three sets. After an exciting two set win over Irina-Camelia Begu Andreescu is riding high even while dealing with shoulder troubles. Commenting, she stated,

“I’m actually really happy with how my body’s holding up. The only thing that’s a problem is now my shoulder is pretty tight. I’ve been seeking treatment. It’s not too bad.”

Kenin and Andreescu each seemed to struggle in controlling their first serves. However, Andreescu managed to reak the American three times in the opening set to give her the first set win. She repeated that is the second set and after a double fault by Kenin during the final point, Andreescu walked away with the win.

While she had some first serve difficulties, Andreescu nailed 55% of her first serves whereas Kenin only managed 40%. This is ideal information for tennis betting punters who favour placing bets on Canada’s upcoming tennis stars like Andreescu. Currently, bookmakers such as Sports Interaction is offering favourable odds and up to $125 in signup bonuses to newly registered punters. Andreescu, who stated her focus is not on her winning streak added,

“I try not to overthink about what happened last week. I know I just won a really big tournament, now I’m here in Miami. The only pressure I think is the pressure I put on myself.”

In other Miami Open news, Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime was successful in his second round match against Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics in three sets (6-4, 4-6, 6-0). Auger-Aliassime struggled during the second set giving up a two game lead but managed to come back to win the third set scoring 67% of his first serves against 52% for Fucsovics.

Top seeded Canadian, Milos Raonic also as advanced to the third round even though he didn’t play a single point. This was due to opponent Maximilian Marterer retiring from the match before it began. As Raonic is a seeded player, he was granted a first-round bye. He will now face Great Britain’s Kyle Edmund in the third round after Edmund defeated Ilya Ivashka 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 on Friday.