Montreal's Francoise Abanda earns spot at U.S. Open

Francoise Abanda from Canada returns the ball to Dominika Cibukova from Slovakia during their opening round match at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal, Monday, August 4, 2014. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / Graham Hughes)

Montreal’s Francoise Abanda earned a spot in the main draw of the U.S. Open Friday with a 6-0 6-2 win over Misa Eguchi Friday.

The victory, her third straight qualifier triumph, opened the door for the 17-year-old's first Grand Slam play.

Abanda, ranked 205th in the world, needed to sit through a lengthy rain delay in the victory.

Abanda was impressive in her qualifiers, losing only six games in the course of the three matches.

Abanda beat Romanian Andreaa Mitu 6-1, 6-1, Wednesday and Nao Hibino of Japan 6-1, 6-1, Thursday.