, April 22 (IANS) No.3 seed Aryna Sabalenka defeated Bianca Andreescu in the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, triumphing 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 in 1 hour and 52 minutes here on Thursday.Earlier on Centre Court, No.2 seed Paula Badosa had .
Champions France stumbled on the first hurdle as they lost to Canada in their opening tie of the maiden Billie Jean King Cup final tournament in Prague
PRAGUE (AP) Canada won the decisive doubles match to secure a 2-1 upset victory over defending champion France in Group A of the Billie Jean King Cup finals on Monday. After the two nations split the opening singles matches, Gabriela Dabrowski and Rebecca Marino defeated Lara Burel and Alize Cornet 6-3, 7-6 (6).
PRAGUE (AP) Canada won the decisive doubles match to secure a 2-1 upset victory over defending champion France in Group A of the Billie Jean King Cup finals on Monday.After the two nations split the opening singles matches, Gabriela Dabrowski and Rebecca Marino defeated Lara Burel and Alize Cornet 6-3, 7-6 (6).“We should be really proud of ourselves,” Marino said.In the opening singles, the 353th-ranked Francoise Abanda rallied from a set down to upset Fiona Ferro, ranked 105th, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to put Canada ahead.“I was a little bit nervous at the beginning,” the Canadian said. “I’m happy it turned out in my favor.”Cornet tied it at 1-1 after a 6-4, 7-6 (5) victory over Marino.It was the second victory for Canada over France in the competition in five matchups, with the previous one coming in 1980.In Group B, Belgium beat Belarus 2-1 in another opening match played on hard courts at the O2 Arena.Greet Minnen defeated Iryna Shymanovich 6-2, 6-2 before Elise Mertens overca