Canada's Eugenie Bouchard hits a return to Sara Sorribes Tormo, of Spain, during the women's final in the Abierto of Zapopan tennis tournament in Zapopan, Mexico, Saturday, March 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP /Refugio Ruiz
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard hits a return to Sara Sorribes Tormo, of Spain, during the women's final in the Abierto of Zapopan tennis tournament in Zapopan, Mexico, Saturday, March 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP /Refugio Ruiz
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Canada's Eugenie Bouchard has been ousted from the Guadalajara Open in the second round after a three-set loss (7-5, 2-6, 6-1) to Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia on Wednesday.
The Montreal native hit five aces and converted on seven of her nine breakpoint chances. The 12th-seeded Ostapenko went eight for 19 on her breakpoint opportunities and committed seven double faults to Bouchard's four with no aces.
Bouchard, 28, defeated Kayla Day in straight sets on Tuesday in the opening round.
Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., now stands as the lone ºÃÉ«tv remaining in women's singles competition after her second-round win Tuesday. Leylah Fernandez lost in the first round on Monday, while Rebecca Marino fell in the second round on Tuesday.
In women's doubles action, Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Giuliana Olmos of Mexico handily defeated Nadiia Kichenok and Kimberley Zimmermann 6-0, 6-3 in second-round play.
Dabrowski and Olmos broke on four of nine chances while saving all three of their opponents' opportunities. The fourth-seeded duo also won 74 per cent of their first-serve points.
They will either next play Xu Yifan and Zhaoxuan Yang or Yana Sizikova and Anastasia Potapova in the quarterfinals.
This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published Oct. 19, 2022.
