Led by Victoria Azarenka with a score of 6-2, 3-1, Bianca Andreescu managed to turn the tide of the game and advance to the second round of Roland Garros. At the press conference, the Canadian explained how her “fighting spirit returned” and how she overcame the former world leader.

Bianca Andreescu wants to win a Grand Slam for her grandmother

2019 US Open champion Bianca (42 WTA) talked about what she thought about her grandmother and her wishes. After two and a half hours of play, the athlete of Romanian origin won with a score of 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

“I’ll be honest, in this match I started thinking about my grandmother, who is very old, with whom I am very close.

He said to me, “Bianca, before I die, I want to see you win another Grand Slam.” It rang out in my mind when I was leading in the set and 3-1.

I was very emotional, but it was a catalyst, and my game changed from there.

I told myself that I needed to change something and I stopped thinking about the score and just about each point, I tried to do my best to win the next point and the next point.

I started to serve much better, I fought back well, the fighting spirit appeared. I am very satisfied” – Bianca Andreescuquoted by the WTA.

• In the second round, Andreescu will meet American Emma Navarro (75 WTA, out of qualification).

The Roland Garros tournament takes place from May 28 to June 11, has a total prize pool of 49.6 million euros, and is the 127th tournament. Iga Sviatek and Rafael Nadal (14-time winner in Paris) became the champions of the title.