{"id":7039,"date":"2019-08-31T03:48:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T03:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=7039"},"modified":"2019-08-31T03:48:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T03:48:15","slug":"bianca-andreescu-defeats-caroline-wozniacki-in-u-s-open-third-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/bianca-andreescu-defeats-caroline-wozniacki-in-u-s-open-third-round","title":{"rendered":"Bianca Andreescu Defeats Caroline Wozniacki in U.S. Open Third Round"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canada’s Bianca Andreescu shakes hands with Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki after defeating the former No. 1 on Saturday during third round U.S. Open play in New York.<\/p><\/div>\n

Bianca Andreescu continues to turn heads at the U.S. Open on her way towards pushing for another top finish after winning the Rogers Cup in Toronto earlier this month, and once against, it was against a former no. 1 player.<\/p>\n

Andreescu entered the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center<\/a> with resolve today as she prepared to take on Denmark\u2019s Caroline Wozniacki in the third round at the US Open. At 19, Andreescu continues to show improvement and is quickly being seen as one of the sports rising stars after she defeated Wozniacki 6-4, 6-4<\/p>\n

The Mississauga native first gained recognition on January at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, in what many referred to a dream run that saw her taking the runner up spot in the final, she has since gone on to win the Oracle Challenger Series, Indian Wells, and most recently, the Rogers Cup. That has seen her world rank jump to 15th and with the way she is playing, she could see that head into the top 10.<\/p>\n

The first set was pretty even with the both Andreescu and Caroline Wozniacki<\/a> exchanging hard shots, but it was Andreescu who found the right balance using drop shots, ground strokes and slices to push ahead for 6-4 first set win.<\/p>\n

US Open Tennis Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n