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Tennis News: First seed Bianca Andreescu started the 2023 Thailand Open season in Hua Hin with a straight-set victory.

The Canadian tennis player didn’t experience much drama when she crushed British tennis player Harriet Dart 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Thailand Open.

The 2019 US Open champion appeared more consistent after winning 56% of points on serve and 56.1% of points on return of serve.

The world number 42 served two aces, better than Dart who hit no aces. He also only committed one double violation, while the Englishman committed five double violations.

Both tennis players struggled with break point opportunities. The top seed saved one of four break point chances, but he converted six of the eight he faced.

Thanks to this victory, Andreescu excelled in the head to head against the British tennis player, Dart with 3-1.

The Canadian tennis player participated in the Thailand Open as world number 42. She qualified for the second round of the 2023 Australian Open after beating 25th seed Marie Bouzkova before losing to world number 86 Cristina Bucsa.

In the second round of the Thailand Open, Andreescu will face Anastasia Zakharova, who successfully defeated Slovak tennis player Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

In the quarterfinals, the first seed has the potential to face the fifth seed, Marta Kostyuk. Ukrainian tennis player, Kostyuk frustrates Liang En Shuo 6-7, 6-3, 6-0.

Before meeting the first seed, Kostyuk had to defeat Nao Hibino in the second round of the Thailand Open after the Japanese tennis player crushed Valeria Savinykh 6-0, 6-2.

Meanwhile, second seed Yulia Putintseva was unlucky after the Kazakh national player was stranded at the hands of Dart’s compatriot Heather Watson, who fought the hardest for claim victory with 5-7, 6-4, 7-6.

South Korean tennis player, Narae Han, who was waiting for Watson in the second round, won 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 over Romanian national Elena Gabriela Ruse.

Article tags: Tennis, Thailand Open, Bianca Andreescu

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