Wimbledon exit: Andreescu drops second 3rd-round match in 5 weeks to Paolini

Bianca Andreescu, of Mississauga, Ont., is out of the women's singles draw at Wimbledon after dropping her third-round match to Italy's Jasmine Paolini in straight sets 7-6 (4), 6-1 on Friday in London, England.

The seventh-seeded Paolini, who also ousted the Canadian at Roland-Garros on her way to the French Open final last month, won 76 per cent of her first serves and broke Andreescu four times on seven opportunities in a match that lasted one hour 31 minutes.

Andreescu committed 21 unforced errors, compared to 13 for Paolini.

Paolini's win sets up a fourth-round clash against either Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine or Madison Keys of the United States.

In men's play, Denis Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., was due to face American Ben Shelton on Friday, but play was delayed two hours by rain at the All England Club.

Andreescu and Paolini played under the retractable roof on No. 1 Court.

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Paolini, who became the first player to reach the fourth round, was broken in the opening game of the first set but broke right back and didn't face another break point after that. The Italian, who reached her first Grand Slam final at Roland Garros before losing to Iga Swiatek, had never been past the first round in three previous appearances at Wimbledon.

More showers were forecast during the day. Perhaps fittingly, 86-year-old actor Dustin Hoffman, known for his title role in Rain Man, was in the Royal Box at Centre Court to watch defending champion Carlos Alcaraz play Frances Tiafoe, also under a retractable roof.

American Tommy Paul of the United States the No. 12 seed, was the first man into the fourth round, beating No. 23 Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.