Bianca Andreescu‘s presence at Roland Garros came out as a big surprise for the fans. The WTA star walked in to showcase her skills after keeping herself out for almost a year due to injury. A majority of the fans were concerned about her recovery status. While there were rumors about her quiet retirement from the tennis world, Andreescu recently held the mic to narrate a moment when she had second thoughts about calling it off.

Before the 2024 French Open, Andreescu’s last appearance was recorded back at the Canadian Open 2023, after which there was a long gap and plenty of untold stories about her time off. All of this started because of the back injury that she incurred back in 2023, which ended the season for Andreescu before the US Open.

Narrating the terrible experience in her recent podcast appearance, she said, “When I was injured, it was more when I had my mental time off where I really didn’t know if I wanted to come back. I just, I felt so much hatred towards it.”

Explaining how she herself viewed the days of hardships on her sporting journey, Bianca Andreescu added, “It’s all how I look at it. Like it’s the perspective of the why me mentality that kind of brought me to that point, because tennis is so beautiful. It’s brought me so much it’s such a privilege to play the sport and be a professional athlete. I know it’s not all glamorous.”

The Canadian recently marked an end to her trail of absence at Roland Garros. The 23-year-old was missing tournaments because of a terrible back injury that not only haunted her career but also made her sit back at home. Although there wasn’t a lot expected from her French Open participation as she came out fresh after a year, the Canadian made it to the third round where she faced a defeat against the finalist Jasmine Paolini.

Bianca Andreescu renews hope at Roland Garros

The Canadian WTA star Bianca Andreescu might have lost the form that she possessed back in 2019. While she was also on the verge of losing hope during the recovery phase, her participation at Roland made her win hopes, despite facing a disappointing defeat.

“10 months ago I had no idea when I would be able to compete again. To be back so soon with what I dealt with is a dream!!!,” she said, mentioning the fact that being able to stand firm on the courts once again was nothing less than a dream.

“I finally feel something I haven’t felt in a long time… hope,” the young Canadian affirmed, giving out signs of a positive future. Bianca Andreescu currently seems to be getting back on track. Now that she finally has undergone the terrible reality of injuries in tennis, it is evident that she learned a lesson that even the tennis greats do.

Next up, she faces an old opponent in Naomi Osaka at the Libema Open.