By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday Might 11, 2025
Is Bianca Andreescu again? Sure could be the perfect reply to that query. Even higher: she by no means left.
Regardless of the case, the Canadian is returning to type after returning to the tour final month on Rouen, France the place she performed her first tennis in six months. Andreescu, who missed the time on account of private causes and later an emergency Appendectomy, misplaced three of her first 4 matches, however she has hit the dust operating in Rome, reeling off back-to-back wins towards Prime-20 gamers for the primary time since 2022.
On Tuesday in Rome, when she faces eighth-seeded Zheng Qinwen of China, Andreescu will attempt to make it three consecutive wins towards the Prime 20 on the identical occasion since she gained her maiden Grand Slam title as an adolescent in 2019.
A win would additionally propel Andreescu, who’s enjoying Rome on a protected rating, again into the Prime 100 for the primary time since August of 2023.
Is Andreescu, now 24, feeling the strain? Removed from it.
Bianca Andreescu 🇨🇦 is a win away from returning to the Prime 100 after upsetting former champion Elena Rybakina in Rome.“I don’t suppose I’ve ever modified the rhythm as a lot as I did right now.”https://t.co/jttf9shTsH
— TENNIS (@Tennis) Might 11, 2025
“I used to be off for fairly a while, however I had a greater mentality going into that break than possibly three years in the past,” Andreescu instructed David Kane of Tennis.com. “I’m studying extra about myself, which I believe is tremendous essential and what life is all about. Generally I can get an excessive amount of in my head with this stuff, and I would really feel that point is towards me, however I’ve to appreciate I’m nonetheless solely 24. I do see all these kids beginning to do nicely, and in a means I can put myself of their sneakers.
“I simply need to be affected person as a result of I can nonetheless be 10 years on tour if I need. So, I’m making an attempt to not put an excessive amount of strain on myself.”
It’s nice to listen to Andreescu, who has handled a spate of accidents ever since her breakout season in 2019, taking the lengthy view and specializing in psychological and bodily well being.
Sunday’s win over Eleventh-ranked Elena Rybakina, simply two weeks after falling to the Kazakhstani in straight units in Madrid, was an actual eye opener, and proof that she’s bettering at a speedy clip. She additionally took out World No.19 Donna Vekic within the second spherical. Within the spherical of 16, she’ll face Zheng for the second time, after falling to the Chinese language in three units in Toronto in 2022.
Andreescu, who switched to a brand new racquet – Yonex Ezone 98 – this yr, can also be working with a brand new coach (She rehired coach Antonio Fernandez Cantisano) and incorporating a strict gluten-free and dairy-free food plan.
Maybe these adjustments will result in extra consistency on the court docket for the previous World No.4.
