18-year-old Bianca Andreescu has biggest tournament win in Canadian tennis history

Mar 18 2019, 7:37 pm

Unseeded 18-year-old Bianca Andreescu defeated 8th seed — and reigning Wimbledon Champion — Angelique Kerber, at Indian Wells’ BNP Paribas Open yesterday to secure the biggest tournament win in Canadian tennis history.

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The Mississauga, ON, native had already become the first WTA wild card entry to ever reach the final at this Masters 1000 level tournament, before going on to beat former World #1 Kerber 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in a hard fought battle in the final.

Andreescu’s first-ever WTA title will have her skyrocket from a world #60 ranking all the way to #24 as of Monday. And everyone from the the Toronto Raptors to Prime Minister Trudeau tweeted their congratulations to the teen:

Andreescu won’t get to enjoy her success for very long though, she’s already set to play 70th ranked Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round of the Miami Masters 1000 tournament early this week.

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