Canadian Bianca Andreescu beats Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann at Mexican Open

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Canada\'s Bianca Andreescu makes a forehand return to Latvia\'s Anastasija Sevastova during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Aaron Favila

ACAPULCO, Mexico – Canadian Bianca Andreescu made easy work of Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann in her opening match at the Mexican Open.

The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., downed her Swiss opponent 6-1, 6-3 on Tuesday in first-round action.

Andreescu, ranked No. 71, beat 154th-ranked Teichmann in one hour 22 minutes.

She will face Romania’s Mihaela Buzarnescu in the second round.

The match marked Andreescu’s first since a Fed Cup tie earlier in the month in the Netherlands.

Andreescu, Canada’s top-ranked women’s player, has risen up the standings at a remarkable pace early into this season.

She won the Oracle Challenger in California two weeks ago for her first career title. She was No. 152 in late December.

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