Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu, who previously claimed the U.S. Open title, broke an eight-month winless streak on Tuesday by defeating Hungary’s Dalma Galfi in a three-set thriller at the Credit One Charleston Open in South Carolina, winning 1-6, 6-4, 6-1.
The Canadian athlete has plummeted to 140th in global rankings following an ankle injury sustained during her home country’s open tournament in Montreal last summer. She had suffered defeats in her opening four professional matches of 2026 while working to return to form. During Tuesday’s victory, Andreescu successfully defended against five of eight break point opportunities while delivering four aces against Galfi.
Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic, seeded third, overcame Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska in a hard-fought 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3 match. Russia’s eighth-seeded Anna Kalinskaya defeated Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Tomova 6-2, 6-4, and Czech Republic’s 13th-seeded Sara Bejlek dominated American competitor Akasha Urhobo 6-1, 6-1. Additional victorious players included Uzbekistan’s Polina Kudermetova, Spain’s Paula Badosa, China’s Yue Yuan, Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva, and American Ashlyn Krueger.
The evening’s concluding match will feature Russia’s seventh-seeded Diana Shnaider facing American Katie Volynets.
Copa Colsanitas
Latvia’s Darja Semenistaja achieved a stunning upset victory over Germany’s fifth-seeded Ella Seidel in first-round competition in Bogota, Colombia, winning 6-2, 6-2 after capitalizing on four of six break point chances while successfully defending all four break points against her.
Britain’s seventh-seeded Francesca Jones suffered an early exit when Spain’s Guiomar Maristany Zuleta De Reales dominated their 66-minute encounter 6-1, 6-1. Colombia’s third-seeded Camila Osorio faced early trouble before rallying to defeat American Caroline Dolehide 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1.
Czech Republic’s top-seeded Marie Bouzkova required only 67 minutes to overwhelm Mexico’s Ana Sofia Sanchez 6-0, 6-2. Other advancing players included Spain’s second-seeded Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, Russia’s sixth-seeded Anna Blinkova, 39-year-old American Varvara Lepchenko, Argentina’s Jazmin Ortenzi, Colombia’s Emiliana Arango, and Belgium’s Hanne Vandewinkel.
