Andreescu lost the next two sets to the world No. 224 despite giving it her all. It remains to be seen whether the injury impacted her performance.

The Canadian won the hearts of many tennis fans on Tuesday by showing her sportsmanship after defeating Daphnée Mpetshi Perricard in the first round of qualifying for the French Open. After the match, she consoled the highly rated French youngster and also got the crowd at Roland Garros to applaud for her.

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Still looking to find her way back to the top of tennis after dealing with a string of injuries in recent years, Andreescu has been toiling on the ITF level, where she has had some success. She explained her decision to go back to the ITF tour in a bid to return to the WTA Tour.

“I committed to that and obviously it wasn’t the easiest decision, but I mean the level is tough. I don’t want people to think that, you know, ITFs are like Mickey Mouse or whatnot. The level is super, super tough. I had some very close matches and I’m just super happy that I was able to play match after match. I played like 15, 14 matches in like three weeks and I felt great. So that was the goal, to just play, play, play,” Andreescu told the French Open following her first-round qualifying win.

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Andreescu even missed the Australian Open earlier this year to compete in an ITF event. Now that she has failed to qualify for the French Open, her wait to compete in the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time since the 2024 US Open continues.