STRASBOURG: With the French Open a week away world No.7 Bianca Andreescu produced a slick 6-1, 6-2 victory over Spain's Andrea Lazaro on the Strasbourg clay courts on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) despite a six-week injury lay off.

Sidelined by a foot injury that saw the 2019 US Open winner abandon the Miami final against Ashleigh Barty on April 3, Andreescu cut a confident figure Monday having also recovered from Covid-19.

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