Canada's Bianca Andreescu defeated Turkey's Zenyep Sonmez 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday in first-round play at the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Andreescu, the No. 6 seed from Mississauga, Ont., completed the victory in 84 minutes. She will face Slovakia's Viktoria Hruncakova in the second round.
Hruncakova was a 6-4, 6-2 winner over Switzerland's Susan Bandecchi. On Saturday, Andreescu was eliminated from the French Open after losing to Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, in the third round.
Carol Zhao of Richmond Hill, Ont., is the other Canadian entered in the singles draw of the WTA 250-level tournament. She was scheduled to play top-seeded Russian Veronika Kudermetova in the second round on Wednesday.
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