Andreescu exits Miami Open in wheelchair after suffering leg injury

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Bianca Andreescu, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, left the court at the Miami Open on Monday in a wheelchair due to a lower left leg injury in the second set of her night match against 18th-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova.

There was no immediate word on the nature of the 22-year-old's injury or its severity.

Andreescu was trailing in the match when, moving across the baseline, she fell to the court, clutching her lower left leg and screaming. A short time later, she left the court in a wheelchair to a standing ovation.

Andreescu had dropped the first set 7-6 (7) and was mounting a comeback, winning the first two games of the second set when she was forced to retire, allowing Alexandrova to advance.