Bianca Andreescu withdraws from Roland Garros with right shoulder injury
The 22nd seed Bianca Andreescu was forced to withdraw from Roland Garros before the second round clash with Sofia Kenin due to an ongoing right shoulder injury. The young Canadian missed all the action between Miami and Paris and came to Roland Garros with hopes of playing at 100%, which unfortunately hasn't happened. I the first round, Andreescu needed three hours and two minutes to oust Marie Bouzkova 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 and that took too much out of her body, still feeling the pain in the shoulder and deciding to withdraw and focus on recovery and grass season.
An 18-year-old Canadian required just three months to show her enormous talent and abilities in 2019, entering Auckland from outside the top-150 and finding herself in the top-25 at the end of March! Bianca has won 21 out of 25 WTA main draw matches this year, becoming the future star to watch at Indian Wells where she won the title following back-to-back top-10 wins over Elina Svitolina and Angelique Kerber, becoming the youngest winner in the desert since Serena Williams! It was a breakthrough run for Andreescu right from the very first ball hit in January, reaching the final in Auckland as a qualifier, winning a match at the Australian Open as well after passing three qualifying rounds and heading to Newport Beach to claim 125K Series event and crack the top-100.
Delivering two Fed Cup wins over the Netherlands in February, Bianca was the semi-finalist in Acapulco before that historical Indian Wells campaign that propelled her towards the very top of women's tennis. Putting her body under a lot of effort in the first three months, Bianca started to deal with a shoulder injury and was forced to retire in the fourth round of Miami against Anett Kontaveit. The youngster failed to recover and lead her Fed Cup team against the Czech Republic in Prostejov in April, skipping Madrid and Rome as well and heading to Rafa Nadal Academy where she worked on her game and tried to get at 100% before Roland Garros.
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2HMYkHv
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