Recovering Andreescu to miss Australian Open

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FILE PHOTO: Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu speaks with the news media about her win at the U.S. Open
FILE PHOTO: Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu speaks with the news media about her win at the U.S. Open, after arriving in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo

January 11, 2020

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu will miss the Australian Open later this month as she continues to recover from a knee injury, the Canadian teenager said on Saturday.

World number six Andreescu, who suffered the injury at the WTA Finals in Shenzen, is undergoing a rehabilitation programme, she said on her Twitter page.

“…the Australian Open is unfortunately too soon in my rehab process and I sadly will not be able to play in it this year,” the 19-year-old wrote.

“It was a very tough decision to make as I love to play in Melbourne but I have to respect the recuperation plan for my knee and body. I can’t wait to come back to Aus soon.”

The Canadian teenager last month opted out of the Auckland Classic, a traditional warmup event for players fine-tuning their game ahead of the Australian Open.

Andreescu was a qualifier in Melbourne last year and lost to Anastasija Sevastova in the second round.

She went on to win her first WTA title at Indian Wells and then beat Serena Williams in the finals in Toronto and again at Flushing Meadows to clinch her first Grand Slam crown.

A knee injury in the WTA Finals forced her to retire from her round-robin match against Karolina Pliskova before she pulled out of the season-ending tournament.

The Australian Open begins on Jan. 20.

(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; additional reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; editing by Shri Navaratnam and Christian Radnedge)

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