Montreal Canada) – During the meeting between two WTA 1000 champions from Canada, Camila Giorgi imposed a tough defeat on Bianca Andreescu. Two years after winning the biggest title of her career, the Italian returned to Montreal and eliminated the local player, winner in 2019, by 6/3 and 6/2 in just 1:31 of the match.

Currently ranked 51st at 31, Giorgi faces Czech Petra Kvitova, world number 9 and seventh seed in Montreal, in the second round. Kvitova also had the opportunity to win the Canadian tournament in 2012. The record between the Czech and the Italian is tied at 2-2.

Although he was recently champion of the tournament, the Italian had to play the qualifier in Montreal. She was coming off wins over Americans Elvina Kalieva and 19-year-old Ashlyn Krueger this weekend.

Bring the POWER 💥

The 2021 Montreal champion takes over Andreescu to advance to the second round!#NBO23 pic.twitter.com/yhDoXzO4Y6

– wta (@WTA) August 9, 2023

Andreescu, 23 and a former world No. 4, hasn’t won a tournament since winning her maiden Grand Slam at the 2019 US Open, went more than a year without playing due to knee problem and also left for another seven months to take care of her mental health. His best result of the season was a semi-final in Hua Hin.

Despite the fact that the first set had only one break of serve, Giorgi was superior most of the time and managed to win with his aggressive tennis and a lot of power in the shots. The Italian went 12-8 on the winners and made 10 errors against 13. She escaped all five break points she faced. From the start of the second set, Giorgi got two more breaks and opened 4/0 on the scoreboard. This time, the Italian took no further risks on serve and defined the dispute in straight sets. She went 21-14 on winners and made 14 errors to 17.

Garcia is eliminated in the first Canadian game
The French Caroline Garcia, world number 6 and fifth seed, did not go beyond her debut in Montreal. She was overtaken by the Czech Marie Bouzkova, 37th in the standings, who scored the partials of 6/4, 4/6 and 6/2. Bouzkova is already in the round of 16 and faces the winner of the Russian duel between Anna Blinkova and Daria Kasatkina

Another great head-to-head win! 💪@MarieBouzkova upsets No. 5 seed Garcia to advance to Montreal’s last 16.#NBO23 pic.twitter.com/xMufuwZAR8

– wta (@WTA) August 9, 2023