Canada’s Bianca Andreescu will not play in the Australian Open next month following a challenging spell brought on by the Covid-19 outbreak, the former US Open champion said on Monday.
Andreescu, 21, said time isolating in quarantined hotels took a toll on her mentally and physically and that she did not feel like herself while training and playing matches.
“I felt like I was carrying the world on my shoulders,” Andreescu, who also said her grandmother spent weeks in ICU due to a Covid-19 infection, wrote on Twitter.
“I was feeling the collective sadness and turmoil around and it took it’s toll on me.”
