Tuesday, Nov 10, 2020. 12:31 PM
Bianca Andreescu plans to make her long-awaited return to competition in January in Australia.
The 20-year-old Ontarian has not played a competitive game since injuring her knee just over a year ago in the WTA Finals in China.
“Being away from the courts for so long hasn’t been easy for me, but I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be back in 2021, starting with the Australian portion of the season and the Australian Open,” Andreescu revealed. I feel really good considering the progress I’ve made during this break, and I’m ready to go back to competition and do what I love. “
The first Grand Slam of the 2021 season is due to get underway on January 18 in Melbourne. The other preparatory tournaments on Australian soil at the start of the year have not yet finalized the dates due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A spokesperson for the Octagon agency, who forwarded an email with Andreescu’s quote on his plans for next year, said a decision about entries for tournaments on Australian soil had failed. still been taken. Andreescu was not available for an interview.
A spokesperson for the WTA Tour mentioned that the 2021 schedule is still being finalized and will likely be released in the coming weeks.
Andreescu first revealed her plans for the coming months in a recent interview with French player Alizé Lim on the site tennismajors.com. In a 20-minute video, Andreescu said she was “perfectly healthy” and took the time this year to “build everything” in her life.
She had hinted last winter that she was about to return, but the pandemic put the sports world on hiatus in March for a few months. Andreescu made it known in September that she would take the remainder of the 2020 season to focus on her health and training.
Ranked beyond the top-150 heading into the 2019 season, Andreescu rose to the top 10 in the world last year after her titles at Indian Wells, Calif., Rogers Cup in Toronto and the US Open. United. She became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam in singles.
Andreescu has often suffered from injuries – especially to the knee and shoulder – during her career. She missed a good portion of the clay and turf seasons last year due to injury.
Currently ranked seventh in the world, Andreescu recently trained in Monte Carlo. She bought a house there last year.
