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French Open: Sixth seed Bianca Andreescu knocked out in first round

Canada's Andreescu, the injury-plagued 2019 US Open champion, had been a fitness doubt for the tournament after pulling out of an event in Strasbourg last Wednesday.

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Canada's Bianca Andreescu returns the ball to Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek during their women's singles first round tennis match on Day 2 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris. Pic/AFP

Canada's Bianca Andreescu returns the ball to Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek during their women's singles first round tennis match on Day 2 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris. Pic/AFP

Sixth seed Bianca Andreescu was dumped out of the French Open in the first round on Monday, losing a marathon three-set clash to Slovenia's world number 85 Tamara Zidansek. Zidansek, who will face American Madison Brengle in the second round, won 6-7 (1/7), 7-6 (7/2), 9-7 after three hours and 20 minutes. 

Canada's Andreescu, the injury-plagued 2019 US Open champion, had been a fitness doubt for the tournament after pulling out of an event in Strasbourg last Wednesday. But she was forced into a gruelling deciding set against Zidansek, which saw the world number seven fail to serve out the match at 5-4 and then save a match point two games later. 

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