Tennis - Andreescu hoping her return to U.S. Open marks a return to form

FILE PHOTO: Sept 7, 2019; Flushing, NY, USA; Bianca Andreescu of Canada hits to Serena Williams of the USA in the women?s final match on day thirteen of the 2019 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports

(Reuters) - Bianca Andreescu scripted a U.S. Open fairytale in 2019 when she won the Grand Slam event as a teenager playing in the main draw for the first time.

If the Canadian, now 21, were to repeat that script this year, it would be an even bigger shock. Injuries and a pandemic have combined to put the brakes on what some had predicted would be a meteoric rise to tennis super stardom.