Bianca Andreescu beats Garbine Muguruza at Adelaide International

Canadas Bianca Andreescu has rallied to beat Garbine Muguruza of Spain 06 76 3 61 in a clash of Grand Slam champions Sunday in the first round of the Adelaide InternationalThe 2019 US Open champion Andreescu trailed 06 25 before staging a remarkable comeback to beat twotime major titlist Muguruza in 2 hours 12 minutesAndreescu improved her headtohead record against former topranked Muguruza to 30In the second set I really had to change my gameplan Andreescu saidI told myself to go for it and whatever happens happensAlso readSwiatek Bencic Kvitova and others reach Australia to begin 2023 seasonI put more returns in the court more serves in the court Im so glad I pulled that out I have no idea howMuguruza looked in outstanding form in the first set hitting eight winners to two and converting three of five break points while not facing a break point herselfAndreescu started the second set more strongly but Muguruza nailed a forehand winner to lead 42 and served for a 52 lead Muguruza served for the match at 53 but Andreescu averted that danger and took a crucial 42 lead in the tiebreaker with a backhand down the line before closing out the set with an aceAndreescu served well then broke for 31 in the final set She will now play either No4 seed Veronika Kudermetova or Amanda Anisimova in the second roundTopranked Novak Djokovic is expected to play his first round singles against Constant Lestienne of France on Monday All eyes will be on Djokovic who returns to Australia after being deported last year because of visa problems caused by his vaccination stanceDjokovic won the Adelaide International as a 19yearold in 2007 for his third ATP Tour titleI chose Adelaide because I wanted to get a tournament ahead of Australian Open Djokovic told reporters this weekI wanted a normal 250 eventJudging by the list of players that are playing in a 250 event its not really 250 event Its maybe a 500 event or maybe a 1000 Some of the best players in the world playing here both men and womens sideThe field is super strong You have Medvedev Felix Rublev You have really really top guys Also in the opening rounds you can play Thanasi Kokkinakis who is title defender rightLater Marcos Giron of the United States outlasted veteran Richard Gasquet 76 5 67 6 75 in a first round singles match which lasted just under three hoursThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever