‘s-Hertogenbosch tournament Bianca Andreescu and Milos Raonic suffer elimination

(‘s-Hertogenbosch) In the same event and in fairly similar circumstances, Canadians Bianca Andreescu and Milos Raonic suffered elimination on Thursday at the Lawn Tennis Tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands .

Andreescu was unable to convert a single of her nine set points in the first set and protect a 2-0 lead in the second set, and went down 6-7(6), 3-6 against Slovak Viktoria Hruncakova in a second-round duel.

Later in the day, Raonic dropped two set points in the first set en route to a 6-7 (4), 1-6 loss to Australian Jordan Thompson, also in the second round.

Raonic, who returned to the ATP Tour this week after an absence of around two years, stood up to 103-ranked Thompson^ein the first round.

Supported by six aces and despite three double faults, Raonic faced only one break point in this first set, in the fifth game, which he erased.

Then, while leading 6-5, Raonic took a 40-15 lead serving his opponent. However, Thompson came from behind and forced a tiebreaker which he won 7-4 with a mini-break on the fourth point.

Thompson then took control of the second set with a break in the fourth game to take a 3-1 lead.

The 32-year-old Canadian has not recovered, collecting only three points in the last three games.

“I think I came in a little bit flatter today, against a player who was having a good run and had already won a lot of games on grass last week,” Raonic noted.

On Monday, Raonic had participated in a first match on the ATP circuit since July 28, 2021. Against Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, 39^e in the world, Raonic had scored a straight-set victory of 6-3, 6-4.

For his part, Thompson will cross swords with Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, who surprised favorite Daniil Medvedev in three sets.

Missed opportunities

Against a rival ranked 144^e in the world, Andreescu got four set points in the 10^e game and four others during the 12^e game, each time serving his opponent. Andreescu picked up one last in the tiebreaker. Each time, the 25-year-old Slovak held on before closing the first set on her first set point.

Sixth seed and 37^e world player, Andreescu responded by winning the first two games of the second set. Hruncakova, however, brought the duel to even service with a break in the fourth game.

Hruncakova added a break four games later to give her a 5-3 lead. She ended the duel on her first match point, on her serve, after about two hours of action.

In total, in the first set, Andreescu gave himself 15 break points. She converted just one in the eighth game, giving her a 5-3 lead and the opportunity to close the set on her serve. However, Hruncakova immediately responded with a break.

The Slovak was much more efficient on her serve in the second set, giving Andreescu just one break chance, which the Canadian still converted in the opening game.