Bianca Andreescu made a winning start to her Guadalajara campaign on Monday, defeating Jil Teichmann in the first round of the WTA 1000 event, 6-2, 6-4.
With her one-hour, 18-minute victory over the Swiss left-hander, the 2019 US Open champion improves to 10-0 in her career in WTA matches against lefties.
ANDREESCU VS LEFT-HANDERS AT TOUR-LEVEL (10-0):
d. Teichmann, 6-1, 6-3, in 2019 Acapulco 1st Rd
d. Buzarnescu, 6-2, 7-5, in 2019 Acapulco 2nd Rd
d. Kerber, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, in 2019 Indian Wells F
d. Kerber, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, in 2019 Miami 3rd Rd
d. Townsend, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, in 2019 US Open 4th Rd
d. Buzarnescu, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, in 2021 Australian Open 1st Rd
d. Bonaventure, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0, in 2022 Roland Garros 1st Rd
d. Trevisan, 6-3, 6-1, in 2022 Bad Homburg 1st Rd
d. Haddad Maia, 6-2, 6-4, in 2022 US Open 2nd Rd
d. Teichmann, 6-2, 6-4, in 2022 Guadalajara 1st Rd
She’s also 1-0 against left-handers at Billie Jean King Cup, which was counted as tour-level until earlier this year (she beat Arantxa Rus, 6-4, 6-2, in 2019 action there).
Her last loss to a lefty at any level came in the semifinals of an ITF Women’s Circuit event in Toronto in 2018, falling to Quirine Lemoine of the Netherlands, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Up next for Andreescu in Guadalajara will be the winner of an all-lefty battle between two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and American Bernarda Pera.