The 21-year-old from Canada wrote in a posting on Twitter
that she was affected mentally and physically by “multiple weeks in isolation
quarantining” and that her grandmother’s stay for several weeks in a hospital’s
intensive care unit because of the coronavirus “really hit me hard.”
“A lot of days, I did not feel like myself, especially while
I was training and/or playing matches. I felt like I was carrying the world on
my shoulders,” Andreescu said. “I could not detach myself from everything that
was going on off the court; was feeling the collective sadness and turmoil
around and it took its toll on me.”
Andreescu joins other professional athletes who have cited
the need for time away from competition to gather themselves mentally —
including, for example, Naomi Osaka, a four-time major title winner and former
No. 1-ranked player in tennis. Osaka took a break after pulling out of the
French Open in May and again after her loss at the U.S. Open in September,
sitting out the remainder of the season.
Andreescu was 19 when she capped a breakthrough season by
upsetting her idol, Serena Williams, in the U.S. Open final two years ago. Soon
after, Andreescu rose to a career-best No. 4 in the WTA rankings.
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