Andreescu victorious at Libema Open, securing her 1st quarterfinal berth of 2024

Canada's Bianca Andreescu advanced to her first quarterfinal of the tennis season Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Yue Yuan in second-round action at the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

Andreescu hit 22 winners to 19 unforced errors and saved five of six break points in the win over the sixth seed from China.

The 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., put the match away when Yuan's return of Andreescu's match-point serve went long.

Andreescu is playing in her second event of the year. She returned at the French Open after sustaining a back injury at the National Bank Open in Montreal last August.

She will next face former No. 1 Naomi Osaka of Japan at the grass-court WTA 250 event. The two have met just once before, with Osaka coming back from a set down to win their quarterfinal match at the 2019 China Open.

That result ended Andreescu's 16-match winning streak that included Canadian Open and U.S. Open titles.

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In other grass-court action Wednesday, Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski made a return from injury and paired with New Zealand's Erin Routliffe for a decisive 6-1, 6-0 win over British tandem Alicia Barnett and Freya Christie in first-round doubles action at the Rothesay Open in Nottingham, England.

Later Wednesday, Vancouver's Rebecca Marino faced defending champion Katie Boulter in second-round women's singles action at Nottingham in England.

On Thursday, Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., faces Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut in second-round action at s'Hertogenbosch, while Denis Shapovalov takes on Italy's Matteo Berrettini in second-round action at the Stuttgart Open in Germany.

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