The eighth-seeded Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., tumbled to the courtroom within the third sport of the second set and struggled together with her motion after the autumn. She was sporting tape on the fitting ankle for your complete remaining of the WTA 1000 occasion — one stage beneath a Grand Slam.
Andreescu referred to as a medical timeout to obtain remedy from the coach after Barty completed the sport with a break to go up 3-0.
She returned for another sport, however wasn’t transferring nicely. Afterward, she put her hand to her face as she tried to carry again tears earlier than going to the online to greet Barty and finish the match.
The harm ended her finest match since capturing the U.S. Open title in September 2019.
The 20-year-old Andreescu returned from a 16-month layoff in February on the Australian Open, dropping within the second spherical of the Grand Slam. She suffered a knee harm late in 2019 and opted to not attempt to make a comeback earlier within the pandemic in 2020.
