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2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu reveals she is targeting to play again during next month’s Sunshine Double in Indian Wells and Miami.
Andreescu, 23, last played at a WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal in early August, where she suffered a 6-3 6-2 loss to Camila Giorgi in the first round. Throughout the entire match, Andreescu was evidently struggling with a back issue but didn’t want to retire the match in front of her home fans.
After missing the US Open and the remainder of the 2023 season, Andreescu also announced her Australian Open withdrawal in mid-December. Andreescu, who has been sidelined for half a year now, targets to play again in Indian Wells, which starts on March 6th.
“It’s getting there. It’s not 100%, but I’m really hoping that I can play Indian Wells,” 2019 Indian Wells champion Andreescu told TSN.
Andreescu doing her best to return to being fully healthy
While former world No. 4 Andreescu has been doing her best to recover as soon as possible, she underlines that it’s a type of injury where rushing things probably won’t do you well.
“A lot of visualization work, meditation, to try to speed up the recovery time. Obviously, with something…
