Bianca Andreescu to lead 5-member Canadian tennis team into Paris Olympics

Bianca Andreescu will continue her comeback at the Paris Games as part of a loaded Canadian tennis team looking for its first Olympic medal in 24 years.

The 2019 U.S. Open champion from Mississauga, Ont., was named to Canada's Olympic team along with Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont.

Andreescu, 23, will make her Olympic debut after injuries forced her to pull out of the Tokyo Games.

She returned to action earlier this year after a layoff of nearly 10 months with a back injury and reached the final of the grass-court Libema Open.

"Playing at the Olympic Games has been a huge goal of mine these past few months as I have been working my way back from injury," Andreescu said in a Tennis Canada news release. "It is always an honour to represent my country and I cannot wait to do that again alongside Canada's incredible team of athletes on the world's biggest stage in Paris.

"This is a dream come true and I can't wait to soak up the Olympic atmosphere and give it everything."

Canada will bring a wealth of international success to Paris. Auger-Aliassime led Canada to a Davis Cup title in 2022, while Fernandez and Dabrowski were part of the Canadian squad that won the Billie Jean King Cup in 2023.

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Fernandez, 21, is making her second Olympic appearance after advancing to the second round at the Tokyo Games. She is Canada's highest-ranked women's singles player at No. 30. She was a U.S. Open finalist in 2021 shortly after appearing at the Tokyo Olympics.

Fernandez will also team with Dabrowski in women's doubles. Dabrowski is ranked fourth in the world in women's doubles and