Posted Aug 13, 2023 1:21pm ET
Bianca Andreescu leaves the court after losing to Camila Giorgi of Italy during the National Bank Open tennis tournament in Montreal, Tuesday August 8, 2023. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
MONTREAL — Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu says she has a minor stress fracture in her back and will miss the upcoming WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati.
Andreescu said on Xthe social media platform formerly known as Twitter reported that she suffered from back pain during her first-round loss to Marta Kostyuk at the Citi Open in Washington, DC on July 31.
She said the pain worsened after her first-round loss to Camila Giorgi at Tuesday’s National Bank Open in Montreal.
Andreescu, 23, from Mississauga, Ontario, says her focus is on recovering from her stress fracture in time for the US Open.
The final tennis major of the season begins August 28 in New York.
Andreescu has struggled with numerous injury woes since her breakthrough 2019 season, in which she won the Canadian Open and US Open.
She missed a month earlier this year after tearing two ligaments in her left ankle at the Miami Open in late March.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on August 13, 2023.
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