In Madrid 2022, the recent comeback of Canada's Andreescu won a long-lost victory.
Due to injury, the Canadian has been in suspension since mid-October last year until the Stuttgart tournament in mid-April this year, when she finally re-competed after seven months away from the field.
In the first round of the Stuttgart tournament, she defeated Niemeer, ranked 108th, to win her first comeback. Moving to Madrid, the former US Open champion won the 68-1 6-1 victory over world 8th Collins in the second round of women's singles, beating the world's top ten for the first time on clay.
Currently, Andreescu has a record of 9 wins and 5 losses against the world's top ten players. The process is this: after winning her first eight games against the world's top ten, she suffered a wave of five consecutive defeats. Until this victory over Collins, finally defeated the world's top ten again.
Andreescu's results against the world's top ten:
In the second round of the 2019 Auckland Tournament, he defeated world No. 3 Wozniacki 6-4 6-4
In the 2019 Indianville semifinals, she defeated world No. 6 Svitolina 6-3 2-6 6-4
In the 2019 Indian Wells Final, he defeated the world's 8th Kerber 6-4 3-6 6-4
In the third round of the 2019 Miami Tournament, he defeated the world's 4th Kerber 6-4 4-6 6-1
In the third round of the 2019 Toronto Tournament, he defeated world No. 5 Bertens 6-1 6-7 (7) 6-4
In the 2019 Toronto quarterfinals, she defeated world No. 3 Pliskova 6-0 2-6 6-4
In the 2019 Toronto Final, when he led the world's 10th Serena Williams 3-1 in the first set, he withdrew from the tournament due to a back injury and won the championship directly
The 2019 US Open final defeated the world's 8th Serena Williams 6-3 7-5 to win the title
In the final four of the 2019 China Open, she lost 7-5 3-6 4-6 to Naomi Osaka, the world's 4th.
In the group stage of the 2019 WTA Finals, he lost 6-3 6-7 3-6 to 5th World Halep
In the first game of the group stage of the 2019 WTA Finals, she lost to the world's 2nd Pliskova after retiring 3-6 in the first set
In the 2021 Miami final, 3-6 0-4 retired due to a right foot injury and lost to world number one Barty
In the second round of the 2022 Stuttgart race, he lost 1-6-6-3 2-6 to world 4th Sabalenka
In the second round of the 2022 Madrid Tournament, he defeated world 8th Collins 6-1 6-1
At present, Andreescu's world ranking has fallen to 111th, and the career-highest world ranking has been ranked 4th. It is expected that after Madrid, with 175 match points since his comeback, the Canadian's singles ranking is expected to return to the world's top 100. (Source: Tennis House Author: Wu Li Fun)