Andreescu returns to WTA Tour from long absence, loses in 3rd-set tiebreaker

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 16, 2025 11:53 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

Canadian tennis subordinate Bianca Andreescu fell conscionable abbreviated successful her instrumentality to WTA Tour enactment aft falling 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (2) to Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands connected Wednesday successful first-round enactment astatine the Open de Rouen successful France.

The 24-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., made her instrumentality astatine the WTA 250 clay-court lawsuit aft an lack of astir six months.

Lamens, ranked No. 69, dominated the archetypal acceptable by converting 3 of 4 interruption points portion converting 9 of 11 archetypal work points.

Andreescu came backmost by outscoring Lames 2-1 connected breaks successful the 2nd set, but the Dutch subordinate came done successful the third-set tiebreaker.

Andreescu, a erstwhile satellite No. 4 and the 2019 U.S. Open champion, entered the tourney ranked 130th connected the WTA Tour.

Her past lucifer was a straight-set nonaccomplishment to Katie Boulter successful the Tokyo quarterfinals successful October earlier she took clip disconnected to absorption connected her health.

Andreescu returned from a nine-month lack owed to a backmost wounded astatine past year's French Open earlier taking much clip disconnected betwixt a first-round exit astatine the U.S. Open and her 2 appearances successful Japan.