Zverev’s ghost hovers in Miami with Andreescu’s nagging injury

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He Miami Open He left us this Monday with one of those pictures we don’t want to see. Bianca Andreescu was forced to leave her round of 16 duel against Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova due to a tough and worrying ankle injury.

After losing the first set in a tiebreak, the Canadian started the second set on the right foot, but his reaction was cut short when he saw his left ankle buckle while trying to catch a ball.

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I have never felt this kind of pain” shouted Andreescu from the ground as both the chair umpire and his rival approached to ask how he was doing.

The brutality of the photos reminded many of what Alexander Zverev experienced at Roland Garroswhen he broke his ankle in his semifinal duel against Rafa Nadal.

In tears, the Canadian left the track in a wheelchair before the applause of an audience shocked by what they saw.

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In 2019, Andreescu became one of the great promises of tennis with a dazzling season in which he won the US Open and the Indian Wells and Toronto trophies.

His career was stopped dead by several injuries that separated him from the competition throughout the 2020 campaign and the first months of 2021.

In recent weeks, Andreescu has shown good signs of recovery in his tennis and in Miami she managed to eliminate other Grand Slam champions such as Emma Raducanu and Sofia Kenin as well as Greek Maria Sakkari, a semifinalist this month in Indian Wells.

In other matches of the day, Jessica Pegula, number 3 in the WTA ranking, defeated the Polish Magda Linette 6-1, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals, where she will face Russian Anastasia Potapova.

the kazakh Elena Rybakina, who eliminated Paula Badosa on Saturday, beat Belgian Elise Mertens and he was seeded in the quarterfinals, where the Italian Martina Trevisan was waiting for him.

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka did not disappoint, eliminating Czech Barbora Krejcikova (6-3 and 6-2)and neither was Czech Petra Kvitova, who eliminated Russian Varvara Gracheva (7-5​​​​​​and 7-6 (5)).

Miami Open

Round of 16 (fem.)

Martina Trevisan def. Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-3
Elena Rybakina def. Elise Mertens 6-4, 6-3
Jessica Pegula def. Magda Linette 6-1, 7-5
Anastasia Potapova def. Zheng Qinwen 6-4, 7-6 (4)
E. Alexandrova def. B. Andreescu 7-6 (0), 0-2 (D)
Petra Kvitova def. Varvara Gracheva 7-5, 7-6 (5)
Sorana Cirstea def. Markéta Vondrousová 7-6 (3), 6-4

Source: La Verdad

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