Zverev’s ghost hovers over Miami with Andreescu’s heartbreaking injury

He Miami Open He left us this Monday one of those images that we would never want to see. Bianca Andreescu was forced to leave her round of 16 duel against the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova because of a hard and worrying ankle injury.

After losing the first set in the tiebreak, the Canadian had started the second set on the right foot, but his reaction was cut short when he saw his left ankle buckle as he tried to reach a ball.

“I’ve never felt this kind of pain before” Andreescu shouted from the ground as both the chair umpire and her rival approached to inquire about her condition.

The harshness of the images reminded a lot of what Alexander Zverev experienced at Roland Garroswhen he destroyed his ankle in his semifinal duel against Rafa Nadal.

In tears, the Canadian left the track in a wheelchair before the ovation of an audience shocked by what they just saw.

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In 2019, Andreescu became one of the great promises of tennis with a dazzling season in which he won the US Open and the Indian Wells and Toronto trophies.

His career was stopped dead by several injuries that separated her from the competition throughout the 2020 campaign and the first months of 2021.

In recent weeks, Andreescu had shown great signs of recovery in his tennis and in Miami she was able to eliminate other Grand Slam champions such as Emma Raducanu and Sofia Kenin as well as the Greek Maria Sakkari, a semifinalist this month in Indian Wells.

In other matches of the day, Jessica Pegula, number 3 in the WTA ranking, beat the Polish Magda Linette 6-1, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals, in which she will play against the Russian Anastasia Potapova.

I left the house Elena Rybakina, who eliminated Paula Badosa last Saturday, defeated the Belgian Elise Mertens and he was planted in the quarterfinals, where the Italian Martina Trevisan awaits him.

The Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka did not fail, who eliminated the Czech Barbora Krejcikova (6-3 and 6-2)nor the also Czech Petra Kvitova, who eliminated the Russian Varvara Gracheva (7-5 ​​and 7-6 (5)).

Miami Open

Round of 16 (fem.)

Martina Trevisan and Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-3
Elena Rybakina a Elise Mertens 6-4, 6-3
Jessica Pegula and Magda Linette 6-1, 7-5
Anastasia Potapova a Zheng Qinwen 6-4, 7-6 (4)
E. Alexandrova and B. Andreescu 7-6 (0), 0-2 (abandoned)
Petra Kvitova and Varvara Gracheva 7-5, 7-6 (5)
Sorana Cirstea and Markéta Vondrousová 7-6 (3), 6-4