(Guadalajara) Montreal’s Eugenie Bouchard opened the Guadalajara Open with a 7-5, 6-3 loss to American Kayla Day on Tuesday.
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Ranked 430e in the world, the 28-year-old Canadian edged Day 4-2 in breaks, 194e.
Wimbledon finalist in 2014, Bouchard will face Jelena Ostapenko, 12, on Wednesday.e first in the series.
The 25-year-old Latvian was the queen of Roland-Garros in 2017.
Ontario’s Bianca Andreescu takes on Czech Petra Kvitova, 16e first in the series.
Later Tuesday, British Columbia’s Rebecca Marino will play sixth-seeded Caroline Garcia of France.