Andreescu earns first win of comeback after appendectomy
Bianca Andreescu beat McCartney Kessler 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday evening. She’ll play No 10 seed Elena Rybakina in the next round
Bianca Andreescu – Zuma / Panoramic
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
