Bianca Andreescu, the US Open winner from 2019, is done with competitive tennis for this year. The current No.6 player in the world announced her decision via social media.
According to the 20-year-old Canadian, she will use the rest of 2020 to focus on “health and training.”
“As hard it was to come to this conclusion, I have so much to look forward to in 2021, including the Olympics; I want to use this time to focus on my game so I can come back stronger and better than ever,” Andreescu wrote in a statement published on Twitter.
Andreescu hasn’t played at all on WTA Tour in 2020, missing the first couple of months of the season, including the Australian Open, due to knee injury. She then decided to skip the re-scheduled US Open and subsequent tournaments due to concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Bianca Andreescu had a breakthrough year in 2019, posting career-best results on Grand Slam tournaments. She reached the second round at the Australian Open and French Open before claiming an unlikely win at the US Open.
By winning the US Open, she became the first Canadian tennis player to win a Grand Slam title. She also became the highest-ranked player in the history of Canadian tennis when she reached No.4 in October 2019.
