Montreal : Bianca Andreescu tumbled out of the National Bank Open on Thursday night, hours after fellow Canadian Rebecca Marino’s surprising run ended, reports AP.
Ons Jabeur of Tunisia beat the second-seeded Andreescu 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1 in a match interrupted by rain for about an hour in the middle of the second set.
In June in Birmingham, England, the 26-year-old Jabeur won the Viking Classic to become the first Arab player to win a WTA Tour singles. She used the long break to look at stats with her team and find ways to improve her game.
“I wanted to see what I was doing wrong because I knew it was very close,” Jabeur said, adding that focusing on her first serve made a big difference.
The 13th-seeded Jabeur will face Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals. Pegula squandered five match points before finally finishing off fellow American Danielle Collins 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in a match that ended at 1:35 a.m. Collins won in Palermo, Italy, and San Jose, California, the last two weeks for her first tour titles.
She had won 12 straight matches, rallying to beat two-time champion Simona Halep of Romania in three sets Wednesday night.
The 21-year-old Andreescu won the 2019 tournament in Toronto to become the first Canadian winner in the event since 1969. She also won the 2019 U.S. Open.
