Bianca Vanessa Andreescu is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 in the world and is the highest-ranked Canadian in the history of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). Andreescu was the champion at the US Open and the Canadian Open in 2019, having defeated Serena Williams to win both titles.
She is the first Canadian tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title and the first to win the Canadian Open in 50 years. She was the first player to win a Grand Slam singles title as a teenager since Maria Sharapova in 2006.
After not playing any matches at the WTA Tour level in 2018, Andreescu had a breakout year in 2019, beginning with a runner-up in her first event of the season, the Auckland Open. She then rose to prominence by winning the Indian Wells Open, a Premier Mandatory tournament. Although she missed several months due to injury, Andreescu qualified for the WTA Finals at the end of the season and finished the year ranked No. 5.
Is Bianca Andreescu out?
Canada’s Bianca Andreescu has fallen out of the U.S. Open with a 6-3, 6-2 loss to France’s Caroline Garcia in third-round play on Friday night.
Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., kept it close early when she tied things up at 2-2 in the opening set, capped by a Garcia backhand forced error.
Garcia then went on to win four of the next five games to win the set, with three of her four points in Game 9 coming from errors on Andreescu’s part.
In the second set, Andreescu was able to tie it up early at 1-1, but Garcia won the next four games before the 2019 champion won another.
Garcia closed the match behind consecutive errors from Andreescu. She will take on Alison Riske-Amritraj next in the fourth round.