This time last year Andreescu picked up $392 for losing early at an ITF event. On Sunday the 18-year-old landed $1.35m and got the tennis world talking with her star-making Indian Wells win 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 fra...
From toil to triumph in 12 months: the remarkable rise of Bianca Andreescu
The Guardian - 21 Mar 2019 17:13
This time last year Andreescu picked up $392 for losing early at an ITF event. On Sunday the 18-year-old landed $1.35m and got the tennis world talking with her star-making Indian Wells win 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 fra...
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