Andreescu earns first win of comeback after appendectomy

Canadian Bianca Andreescu picked up the first win of her comeback after an emergency appendectomy as she beat American McCartney Kessler 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of the Madrid Open on Wednesday.

Andreescu, ranked No 132, will face No 10 seed Elena Rybakina next.

The 24-year-old returned to the Tour last week in Rouen, having only returned in early 2024 after nine months out with a back injury.

Madrid WTA 1000, other first-round results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):

• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Sonay Kartal: wednesday
• Olga Danilovic beat Victoria Azarenka: 6-4, 6-2
• Eva Lys beat Teodora Kostovic (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Dayana Yastremska beat Francesca Jones (Q): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3
• Moyuka Uchijima beat Robin Montgomery (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-2, 6-2
• Anastasia Potapova beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2
• Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Linda Fruhvirtova (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Anna Blinkova (Q) beat Panna Udvardy (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Rebeka Masarova (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
• Emma Raducanu beat Suzan Lamens: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Maria Sakkari beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Maria Lourdes Carle (Q) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-3, 6-2
• Belinda Bencic beat Zeynep Sonmez (Q): 6-0, 6-2
• Alycia Parks beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Bernarda Pera (LL) beat Jana Fett (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Anastasija Sevastova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-4, 7-5
• Katie Volynets beat Petra Kvitova: 6-4, 6-0
• Maya Joint (Q) beat Carlota Martinez Cirez (WC): 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
• Diane Parry (Q) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 6-4
• Ann Li beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Peyton Stearns beat Kimberly Birrell: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
• Camila Osorio beat Emiliana Arango (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Lulu Sun beat Varvara Gracheva: 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Katie Boulter beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Hailey Baptiste (WC) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4)
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-1
• Marie Bouzkova beat Renata Zarazua: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Naomi Osaka: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Alexandra Eala (WC) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
• Caroline Dolehide beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-4, 6-4