In the early morning of April 20, Beijing time, the first round of the WTA500 Stuttgart station began to compete. Former US Open champion Andreescu ushered in her first match in nearly half a year, against Niemele with a wild card. After two sets of competition, Andreescu eliminated his opponent 2-0, ushering in his debut of the season.
In the first set, Andreescu was broken by her opponent in the 3rd set, and in the 9th set she withstood the pressure to defuse the set and then broke the opponent's serve in the 10th set to win the set. In the 11th set, Andreescu saved two break points to save the serve, and the opponent successfully saved the serve in the 12th set, and the two sides entered the first set to grab the seventh. Andreescu scored two consecutive runs after five draws in seven sets to win seven in the first set 7-5.
In the second set, Andreescu broke in the 3rd set and then saved a 3-1 lead. In the 9th inning, Nimele had a no-turning set in the game, and Andreescu broke again to win the second set 6-3.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 44 minutes, former US Open champion Andreescu defeated local wild card player Niemeer 7-6 (5)/ 6-3 to make it to the second round of women's singles. It was Andreescu's first win after last year's Indian Wells race, with Andreescu facing The Tournament's No. 3 seed, Sabalenka, in the next round.