Canada’s Bianca Andreescu came back from 6-0, 5-2 to knock out Spain’s Garbine Muguruza in the opening match of Sunday’s Adelaide International in Australia.
Andreescu completed a 0-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1 win in two hours and 12 minutes to start the WTA 500 event and make it 3-0 against Muguruza.
In another first-round match on Sunday, Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi won 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 over Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus.
To the south, American Marcos Giron beat Richard Gasquet of France 7-6 (5), 6-7 (6), 7-5 in nearly three hours, and fellow American Mackenzie McDonald took the lead. before 6-3 when Daniel Elahi Galan of Colombia withdrew with an abdominal wound.
League Cup
Great Britain advanced to the City Finals in Sydney as Daniel Evans’ 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 win over Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas gave England a 3-1 lead and took the top spot. Group D. They face Group C Winners on Wednesday.
The hard court tournament is sponsored by the ATP and WTA tournaments and features teams competing for a $15 million prize pool. The group stage runs until Tuesday with the next knockout matches. The final will be held on January 8 in Sydney.
Hubert Hurkacz beat Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-3 and Magda Linette beat Zhibek Kulambayeva 6-2, 6-1 as Poland won 4-1 in Brisbane. Poland will face Switzerland to decide the winner of Group B.
Also in Sydney, the Czech Republic beat Germany 3-2 in Group C. Brazil beat Norway 4-1 in Group E in Brisbane. And in Perth, Croatia beat Argentina 4-0 in Group F and Bulgaria beat Belgium 3-2 in Group A.
