Bianca Andreescu will face Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine to kick off the Canadian tennis star's National Bank Open.
FILE - Bianca Andreescu of Canada, hits a return to Camila Giorgi of Italy, during the National Bank Open tennis tournament in Montreal, Tuesday, August 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne MuschiTORONTO -- Bianca Andreescu is sick of comebacks.
Andreescu, who has dealt with a string of injuries over the last few seasons, also took part in that draw before becoming the first Canadian to win the tournament in 55 years. Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., who's currently No. 25 on the WTA circuit, will face China's Zhang Shuai in the first round, which starts Tuesday.
Wimbledon champion and 10th-ranked Barbora Krejcikova of Czechia and No. 4 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan also withdrew. Krejcikova has a thigh injury, while Rybakina is out with acute bronchitis, which prevented her from competing at the Olympics. "There's injuries and things like that," Toronto tournament director Karl Hale said. "But you celebrate what we have, which is a great player field."
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