By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday May 11, 2025
Is Bianca Andreescu back? Yes would be the best answer to that question. Even better: she never left.
Whatever the case, the Canadian is returning to form after returning to the tour last month on Rouen, France where she played her first tennis in six months. Andreescu, who missed the time due to personal reasons and later an emergency Appendectomy, lost three of her first four matches, but she has hit the dirt running in Rome, reeling off back-to-back wins against Top-20 players for the first time since 2022.
On Tuesday in Rome, when she faces eighth-seeded Zheng Qinwen of China, Andreescu will try to make it three consecutive wins against the Top 20 at the same event since she won her maiden Grand Slam title as a teenager in 2019.
A win would also propel Andreescu, who is playing Rome on a protected ranking, back into the Top 100 for the first time since August of 2023.
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