Canadian has recovered quickly from a brutal ankle injury and is stronger than ever mentally after a break from the game
After an arduous time on the road this year, Bianca Andreescu’s fortunes finally appeared to be turning on her favoured American hardcourts at the beginning of spring. In Miami, she defeated world No 10, Maria Sakkari, en route to the fourth round of the WTA 1000 event. She was on song.
But while she was battling Ekaterina Alexandrova in the fourth round, disaster struck. Early in the second set, Andreescu landed badly on her ankle and fell. As she waited for the medical team, clearly in shock, Andreescu cried and screamed in pain and frustration.
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