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Bianca Andreescu wins Canada’s athlete of the year award

On September 8, the teenager defeated former world No.1 Williams 6-3, 7-5 in the summit clash at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.

IANS | Washington | December 10, 2019 10:03 am

Bianca Andreescu wins Canada’s athlete of the year award

Bianca Andreescu of Canada after winning her Women's Singles semi-final match against Belinda Bencic of Switzerland on day eleven of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 05, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images/AFP)

US Open champion Bianca Andreescu has become the first tennis player to win Canada’s athlete of the year award.

The title is awarded each year to Canada’s top athlete, and Andreescu, 19, put together a strong case throughout her 2019 season, during which she won her first WTA title at the BNP Paribas Open — a Premier Mandatory tournament — and her second at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, a Premier 5 event that Andreescu grew up attending.

The youngster later became the first from her country to win a Grand Slam singles title in the US Open, where she upset 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams in the final, reports Xinhua news agency.

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On September 8, the teenager defeated former world No.1 Williams 6-3, 7-5 in the summit clash at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Andreescu was nominated alongside compatriots Brooke Henderson (golf), Jordan Binnington (ice hockey), Andre De Grasse (sprinter) and Mike Soroka (baseball).

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