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Rybakina, the reigning Wimbledon champion,
finished with a 6-2 edge in aces and picked on Andreescu's
second serve, winning 11 of 14 points.
Rybakina took the first set in 38 minutes, but Andreescu jumped
out to a 3-1 lead in the second set. However, Andreescu lost her
final three service games as Rybakina closed out the match.
Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko, the 13th seed, and Belarus' Victoria
Azarenka, the 15th seed, both won their opening matches in
straight sets. Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina upset 10th-seeded
Veronika Kudermetova of Russia 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, and Romania's
Sorana Cirstea edged 11th-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil
4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5 after saving two match points in the
second-set tiebreaker.
Romania's Ana Bogdan, the Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova and
Karolina Pliskova, the United States' Lauren Davis and Shelby
Rogers and Belarus' Aliaksandra Sasnovich also won their opening
matches.
Merida Open Akron
The United States' Caty McNally upset third-seeded Lin Zhu of
China 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-1 in the first round at Merida,
Mexico.
McNally overcame serving eight double faults (to three for Zhu)
and winning just 27 percent of her second-serve points, 10 of
37. The match featured 15 service breaks, nine of them on Zhu's
serve.
In another U.S.-China matchup, the Chinese player won, as Xiyu
Wang eliminated eighth-seeded Alison Riske-Amritraj 7-5, 4-6,
7-6 (1).
Seventh-seeded Elisabetta Cocciaretto of Italy cruised past
Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic 6-0, 6-3. Belgium's Ysaline
Bonaventure, Spain's Nuria Parrizas Diaz, Australia's Kimberly
Birrell and the United States' Katie Volynets also advanced to
the second round.
--Field Level Media
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