Canadians Andreescu, Shapovalov ousted from Italian Open clay-court tournament
ROME — Canadians Bianca Andreescu and Denis Shapovalov were eliminated from the Italian Open clay-court tournament on Thursday.
Andreescu was defeated 6-4, 6-1 by 12th seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in the women’s second round, while Shapovalov dropped his men’s opening-round match 6-4, 6-2 to Argentina’s Mariano Navone.
Bencic converted four of her six breaks in a dominant second set to wrap up the match in one hour 17 minutes.
Andreescu, of Mississauga, Ont., struggled with her serve and committed seven double-faults.


