{"id":7016,"date":"2019-08-27T22:24:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T22:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=7016"},"modified":"2019-08-27T22:24:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T22:24:07","slug":"bianca-andreescu-advances-to-2nd-round-at-u-s-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/bianca-andreescu-advances-to-2nd-round-at-u-s-open","title":{"rendered":"Bianca Andreescu Advances to 2nd round at U.S. Open"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bianca Andreescu returns service during her two set victory Katie Volynets at the U.S. Open on Tuesday.<\/p><\/div>\n

Bianca Andreescu has her sights set on advancing in the U.S. Open, and she is off to a good start having won her first round match against Katie Volynets on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Andreescu defeated Katie Volynets 6-2, 6-4 and will next face the winner between Xiyu Wang and Kirsten Flipkens. This was Andreescu\u2019s first match since the Rogers Cup, which she won earlier in the month. Seeded 15th, the Mississauga native managed to succeed in breaking \u00a0Volynets four out of eight times and recorded an 81% success rate in her first serve. While Bianca Andreescu<\/a> has 32 unforced errors, Volynets failed to covert opportunities doing so only five times.<\/p>\n

In other U.S. Open news, Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime will take to the court against Denis Shapovalov in the evening, and for the second time in successive years, the two will play against each other in the first round. Also playing on Tuesday evening is Vasek Pospisil, who will face Russia\u2019s Karen Khachanov, while Brayden Schnur will take on Benoit Paire.<\/p>\n

In women\u2019s tennis, Serena Williams<\/a> played her first match since retiring from the Rogers Cup finals and was successful in defeating Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-1 in what was nearly perfect tennis and void of any on-court drama.<\/p>\n

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