By Canadian Press

Andreescu makes early exit from Wimbledon, Shapovalov advances to third round

Jun 30, 2021 | 11:19 AM

LONDON — Bianca Andreescu made an early exit from Wimbledon, while Denis Shapovalov is heading to the third round at the grass-court Grand Slam for the first time in his career.

Andreescu, the women’s fifth seed from Mississauga, Ont., was defeated 6-2, 6-1 Wednesday in her first round match against France’s Alizé Cornet.

The Canadian struggled with her service game, winning 57 per cent of first-serve points and just 24 per cent of second-serve points.

Andreescu also made 34 unforced errors to Cornet’s seven.

Shapovalov, the men’s 10th seed from Richmond Hill, Ont., advanced to the third round via walkover when his opponent, Spain’s Pablo Andujar, withdrew. Next up for Shapovalov is the winner of a match between wild-card Andy Murray of Britain, a two-time Wimbledon champion, and German qualifier Oscar Otte.

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Also Wednesday, 16th-seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal advanced to the second round with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 win over Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro. Auger-Aliassime will face Sweden’s Mikael Ymer in the second round.

Leylah Annie Fernandez of Laval, Que., lost her first-round women’s match 6-1, 6-2 to Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko.

Vasek Pospisil of Vancouver took on Frances Tiafoe of the United States in a men’s second-round match later Wednesday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 30, 2021.

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