Twelve months ago Bianca Andreescu was toiling in obscurity on the lowest rung of professional tennis, grinding for points to boost her world No 198 ranking at a $25,000 ITF tournament on a university campus in Toyota, Japan. An array of physical woes, including back injuries, shoulder ailments and stress fractures in her foot, were wearing on her teenage body. Her prize money after a straight-sets loss in the second round was $392. As she recalled last week: “I wasn’t really in a good spot.”
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Written by Bryan Armen Graham
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/21/bianca-andreescu-rise-indian-wells-tennis under the title “From toil to triumph in 12 months: the remarkable rise of Bianca Andreescu”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
