Bianca Andreescu, of Canada, reacts during her first round match against Barbora Krejcikova, of the Czech Republic, at the National Bank Open tennis tournament in Montreal, Sunday, July 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

By The Canadian Press

Canada’s Andreescu reaches doubles quarterfinals with walkover win at Wuhan Open

Oct 9, 2025 | 8:31 AM

WUHAN — Canada’s Bianca Andreescu and China’s Yue Yuan advanced to the women’s doubles quarterfinals at the Wuhan Open without striking a ball Thursday.

Top-seeded Italians Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani withdrew before their match, giving Andreescu and Yuan a walkover victory.

Paolini later reached the singles quarterfinals after her opponent, Denmark’s Clara Tauson, retired while trailing 3-6, 6-1, 3-1.

Andreescu, of Mississauga, Ont., and Yuan will next face Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina and Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic, the No. 8 seeds.

Meanwhile, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand were eliminated in the round of 16 on Thursday after falling 4-6, 6-4, 10-4 to Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic and Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia.

Routliffe, who lives in Montreal, regularly plays with another Canadian, Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa — the pair won the U.S. Open women’s doubles title last month.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 9, 2024.

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