Bianca Andreescu’s advice for Emma Raducanu and the rise of Sebastian Baez – Italian Open Tour Diary

Bianca’s advice for Emma If there’s one person who knows what it’s like to explode onto the tennis scene as a teenager then deal with a slew of injuries, while trying to get accustomed to the rigours of the women’s tour, so soon after being a junior, it’s Bianca Andreescu. Ad/> The Canadian had a huge 2019, winning Indian Wells, Toronto and the US Open within the span of six months – she turned 19 halfway through – before struggling with a series of injuries that hampered her progress. WTA Rome'I can't move' — Raducanu retires against Andreescu due to a back injury4 HOURS AGO After her win over Emma Raducanu in Rome on Tuesday, via retirement, Andreescu was asked if she had any advice for the British teenager, who became the first qualifier in history to win the US Open last year, and has been dealing with various physical issues in her first full season on the women’s tour.

“I think that you really have to experience it to really know what you need,” said Andreescu. “But you're playing the best players, you really have to have the right nutrition, the right game plan, like physically, mentally, emotionally, everything. “It's not easy being on tour.

From January to end of October, that's a long time. You really have to schedule your training properly, your competition, all of that. “You also have to know that injuries are a part of the game.

But the best thing you can do is try to prevent. I think that's kind of the advice I can give her.” A guiding voice Raducanu, who retired in Rome with a back injury she picked up last week in Madrid, admits she has yet to figure out when to push her body and when to choose not to play, and says if it were up to her, she’d compete every week. The British 10th seed, who has chosen not