"I might cry a lot tonight" -Andreescu on early Roland Garros exit

Sixth seed Bianca Andreescu fell short in her opening Roland Garros match, as the Canadian was ousted by Tamara Zidansek in a three-hour marathon match on Monday.

The 2019 US Open champion took the first set in a tiebreak, but failed to capitalize when serving for the match at 5-4 in the second, eventually losing 7-6(1) 6-7(2) 9-7 to the World No.85.

"My hunger for the game, my hunger to compete, that's really all it is," said Andreescu after the three-hour 20 minute encounter. "I'm super passionate about this sport and I want to continue to do great things and be an inspiration. During these tough moments, like I want to show a good example to a lot of people. It sucks right now for me and I can just right now learn from it, because that's what life's all about, you learn from your mistakes."

The World No.7 has been plagued with injuries since the end of the 2019 season, leading her to miss the entire 2020 season. Furthermore, she had to pull out of Madrid and Rome earlier this year, after testing positive for Covid-19.

"I just want to keep my head up, feel what I feel right now," admitted Andreescu. "I might cry a lot tonight, but tomorrow is a new day. From my part, I didn't feel like I played good tennis today. But at the same time, she played really, really well."

"I don't know what it was really. Today just wasn't my day. I think I prepared super, super well for this tournament. That's why to me it's very disappointing, because I thought I could go far. I try not to have a lot of expectations, but that comes naturally for anyone."

With her French Open journey over, Andreescu is moving on to prepare for the grass season and be ready for Wimbledon.

"I'm just going to practice a lot on grass now. I don't know where I'm going to go. Haven't really talked about that with my team yet, but I am signed up for Berlin and Eastbourne, so hopefully I can play both of them healthy and all, and then be ready for Wimby."