By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday February 4 2024
Off the court docket since final August on account of a again damage, and winless since Wimbledon 2023, Bianca Andreescu is focusing on a return at Indian Wells in 2024.
The 2019 Indian Wells and US Open champion was on the NHL All-Star recreation in Toronto on Saturday and advised TSN’s Mark Masters that she is feeling higher, however not fairly at one hundred pc.
“It is getting there. It is not 100%, however I am actually hoping that I can play Indian Wells,” Andreescu advised TSN’s Mark Masters. “It is not assured, however I am taking it daily, and I am actually hoping I can get again on court docket quickly.”
Requested what the most important problem has been in her restoration, Andreescu stated: “I really feel like I’ve handled a lot that I understand how precisely to deal with myself. A whole lot of visualization work, meditation, to attempt to velocity up the restoration. Clearly, with one thing like this, you’ll be able to’t actually velocity something up, aside from relaxation, so that is what I have been doing. I have been doing stuff outdoors of the court docket, quite a lot of stuff within the fitness center, rehab, seeing my physio.”
Andreescu stated she was tuned into the Australian Open, even when it isn’t all the time straightforward being compelled to be a spectator.
Began watching tennis once more at this time for the primary time in a very long time and what’s on is Thompson vs Nadal… lol. 2 h 40 and the third set simply began 🥲. This sport is one thing else 🙈
— Bianca (@Bandreescu_) January 5, 2024
“It is not enjoyable watching different gamers play and you’ll’t play that particular event,” she stated, earlier than including that she was impressed by Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner.
“A whole lot of the matches have been loopy,” she stated. “On the women’ facet I wasn’t stunned by Sabalenka, however on the blokes’ facet, Sinner … he is wonderful however I did not assume it might come so quickly. He is had wonderful outcomes – I am undoubtedly completely satisfied for him.”