"Stuck to the gameplan and it worked" - Andreescu on first top 10 win since US Open final

In Andreescu's fourth match back from her six-month mental health hiatus the Canadian claimed her first Top 10 win since defeating Serena Williams in the 2019 US Open final.

Ranked No.111 coming into Madrid, former World No.5 Andreescu is guaranteed to return to the Top 100 next week thanks to this win over Danielle Collins 6-1 6-1. Spkeaing after the match, Bianca said:

"I knew I had to put on a very good performance because she's been doing very well recently; I did not expect for it to go like that at all. But I stuck to my game plan and it worked."

She continued:

"What I did well today is, I stayed in the present moment and told myself it's not over til it's over, even at 6-1, 4-1. She started hitting the ball harder and sometimes it would go in, sometimes it wouldn't. But what she did was very smart because that, in turn, put pressure on me."

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It's been a struggle to come back but Andreescu keeps grinding:

"I've been trying to find my way back, and we were talking the other day about how I hope it doesn't take too many matches. I was happy I was able to get in that zone again and I found all the tics that helped me in my previous matches. It really helps, even little things like touching the line or hitting your shoes with the racquet, it helps a lot.

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