Bianca Andreescu remained, but gave up in the round of 16 in Madrid

The Canadian’s defense was good in the first set until the 12th game. Pegula finally won after winning 70% of the rallies on his first serve.

The first game of the second set was very tight, and Andreescu showed his determination by breaking his opponent’s serve in his third attempt to take the lead. But the American did not allow himself to be discouraged and matched immediately after the break.

The match was suspended for several minutes due to rain when the American took a 3-1 lead. After the break, the latter split to 4-1.

Andreescu wanted to delay the inevitable, with two break points at 1-5, but Pegula fought well.

The Canadian saved 14 of 17 break points. He showed that he was slowly looking for his bearings.

The two players met once in 2019, in Newport, and the Ontarian won three sets of 0-6, 6-4 and 6-2.

Julia Pegula will face Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo, 47th in the world, in the quarterfinals.

For her part, Gabriela Dabrowski won her doubles match with her Mexican partner Giuliana Olmos. They defeated Tereza Mihalikova of Slovakia and Ulrikke Eikeri of Norway, 6-3, 6-2 in 71 minutes.

In doubles, for Auger-Aliassime

Félix Auger-Aliassime and his partner Grigor Dimitrov reached the round of 16.

Quebecer and the Bulgarian defeated Argentinians Maximo Gonzalez and Diego Schwartzman 6-3 and 7-6 (10/8) after 1 h 51 min of play.

Auger-Aliassime and Dimitrov will face in the next round the winners of the match between Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah and the duo formed by South African Raven Klaasen and Japanese Ben McLachlan.

In addition, Auger-Aliassime’s singles battles, the seeded No. 8, against a player from the qualifiers was moved on Wednesday.

On the other hand, Ontarian Denis Shapovalov, 14th seed, has an appointment with Briton Andy Murray in the second round. On Monday, he defeated Frenchman Ugo Humbert 7-6 (7/1) and 6-3.