Eugenie Bouchard eliminated at Australian Open
Posted Jan 20, 2016 06:11:49 AM.
Last Updated Jan 20, 2016 06:17:09 AM.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard was eliminated from the Australian Open on Wednesday, losing 6-4, 6-2 to Agnieszka Radwanska in their second-round match.
Bouchard, of Westmount, Que., was facing the No. 4 seed from Poland in just her fourth tournament since suffering a concussion when she fell in the dressing room at last year’s U.S. Open.
The Canadian had advanced to the second round with a straight-sets win on Monday, 6-3, 6-4 over Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic.
Earlier Wednesday in Melbourne, both Toronto’s Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil of Vancouver made it through to the second round of men’s doubles.
Nestor and partner Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic needed just 58 minutes to dispatch Tsung-Hua Yang and Cheng-Peng Hsieh of Taiwan 6-1, 7-5 in their match, rattling off five aces and winning 86 per cent of their first-serve points.
Earlier this month, Nestor became the first player in ATP Tour history to record 1,000 doubles victories with a win in the opening round at the Apia International in Sydney.
In their match, ninth-ranked Pospisil and partner Jack Sock of the U.S. defeated Philipp Petzschner of Germany and Alexander Peya of Austria, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5).
In women’s doubles, Gaby Dabrowski of Ottawa and Polish partner Alicja Rosolska lost their first-round match in one hour 36 minutes, falling 6-1, 7-6 to Johanna Konta and Heather Watson.
Dabrowski and Rosolska double faulted 11 times and had 31 unforced errors to 19 from Konta and Watson.
