Bianca Vanessa Andreescu dispatches Bouchard in the 1st round of the Rogers Cup

Bianca Vanessa Andreescu conquers Eugenie Bouchard 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the 1^st round in Toronto on Tuesday. Andreescu is going to play against Darya Kasatkina in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Bouchard conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Andreescu in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for Bouchard to win the set since Andreescu managed to break back in the 8^th (4-4) game. Bouchard maintained her cool to break Andreescu in the 9^th (5-4) game before managing to win the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Andreescu took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Bouchard in the 2^nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Andreescu to win the set since Bouchard found the way to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. The young Canadian kept her focus to break Eugenie in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Bouchard was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-1 to 6-1).

3^rd set.

Andreescu had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Bouchard in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Bianca Vanessa to win the set as Bouchard managed to break back in the 6^th (3-3) game. Bianca Vanessa kept her cool to break Genie in the 7^th (4-3) game before conquering the set (6-4).

At the end of the match, the Bianca scored 94 points vs. Eugenie’s 75 points.

Andreescu was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12). On the other side, Bouchard didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (4/8). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Andreescu and Bouchard is 1-0 for Bianca Vanessa.

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Next Match: Bianca Vanessa Andreescu vs. Darya Kasatkina – H2H and stats

Andreescu will face Kasatkina in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Bianca Vanessa Andreescu and Darya Kasatkina since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.