Canada's Rebecca Marino out of Madrid Open with straight-sets loss to Mertens

Canada's Rebecca Marino is out of the Madrid Open in the Round of 64 after losing Thursday in straight sets to Elise Mertens of Belgium, 6-3, 6-1.

Marino, of Vancouver, had five double faults and won 49 per cent of her first serves and 22 per cent of her second serves in the match. Mertens, ranked 24th, had three aces and won 72 per cent of her first-serve points.

Bianca Andreescu of Toronto opens her tournament against China's Wang Xiyu in the Round of 64 on Friday. Andreescu hasn't played since sustaining two torn ligaments in her left ankle at the Miami Open in late March.

Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani play American Sofia Kenin and Poland's Magda Linette in Round of 32 doubles play Friday morning.

On the men's side, Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., also play on Friday. Shapovalov takes on China's Zhang Zhizhen, while Auger-Aliassime's Round of 64 opponent is to be determined. The Canadian pair will also team up for doubles match against the Columbian duo of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.

Meanwhile, after another impressive victory, Mirra Andreeva patiently took photos with some fans who looked young enough to be her classmates in high school.

Moments earlier, the 15-year-old Russian had been raising her arms by the net to celebrate her win over a top-20 opponent.

Andreeva, a day after defeating 2021 U.S. Open finalist Leylah Fernandez for her first tour-level win, beat 14th-ranked Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-6 (6), 6-3 to advance to the third round on Thursday.

With her win over Fernandez, Andreeva became the third-youngest player to win a main-draw match at a WTA 1000 tournament, behind Coco Gauff and CiCi Bellis, and only the second