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.
The Canadian Press
