The canadian Bianca Andreescu, winner of the US Open in 2019, announced that will miss the Australian Open (January 17-30) to recover physically and mentally after two difficult years marked by Covid-19.
“I will not start my season in Australia next year. I will take extra time to think, train and be prepared. “ for the future, he wrote on Twitter, referring to “the last two very difficult years for various reasons.”
“This year I spent several weeks in quarantine, which affected me a lot. What’s more, my grandmother spent several weeks in intensive care for a Covid-19 infection “, explained the player, who has fallen to 46th place in the WTA ranking and who also passed the coronavirus in April.
“Many times I have not felt comfortable, especially when training and playing. I felt like I was carrying the world on my shoulders. I couldn’t let go. I felt sadness around me and that weighed on me, ”continued Andreescu, who has referred to mental anxiety.
“I want to give myself extra time to recover and work on myself because I know that, by doing this, I will come back stronger than ever ”, the Canadian closed.
After skipping the 2020 season with a knee injury, the former world number 4 returned to the pitch in February at the Australian Open. Less than two months later, she reached the WTA 1000 final in Miami, though she injured her foot and was unable to finish it against Ashleigh Barty.
The rest of the season was difficult, as his best result was the quarter-finals in Strasbourg at the end of May. She was then eliminated in the opening rounds of Roland Garros and Wimbledon, before stopping in the knockout stages of the US Open.
