A year ago, her ranking outside the top 200, Bianca Andreescu barely squeezed into the U.S. Open qualifying. She exited in the first round, and missed the next two months with back problems.
The 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., and Rogers Cup champion returns in 2019 as the world No. 15, the 15th seed -- and a player many think can do some damage in a wide-open women's field.
That the teenager would even be included among the 10 players taking part in the pre-tournament press conferences -- in her first U.S. Open -- is testament to how much her star has rocketed. "We have to be careful not to stray from the formula that's worked well until now. But as I tell her all the time, you can talk about it all you want. But there's nothing like living it."
At that tournament, her only support was physical trainer Virginie Tremblay. Bruneau had already travelled to Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open.
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