Bianca Andreescu

Meet your new instructor, the 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu. As the daughter of Romanian immigrants, Bianca learned to never waste an opportunity and the strength it takes to achieve your dreams.

With dreams of one day becoming a professional tennis player, the young Bianca had her priorities in order. While always serious about her passions, there was a clumsy side that we can all relate to.

From a young age, Bianca’s mother played an important role in developing her inner strength and peace. Listen as Bianca shares her introduction to meditation and visualization that still guide her today.

After winning the junior Orange Bowl at just 15 years old, Bianca had made the decision to transition into professional tennis. With a clear vision of what she wanted to achieve, she knew that sacrifices would need to be made.

To win her home tournament, the Canadian Open Bianca needed to get through Serena Williams in the final. With every emotion going through her mind and body prior to the match, the result was more rewarding than she could have imagined.

With an opportunity to become the first Canadian player to win a Grand Slam, Bianca would be facing off against Serena Williams in her first Grand Slam final. Listen as Bianca describes her emotions before, during and after playing the match of her life.

Looking back at her dream season in 2019, Bianca reflects on not only the triumphs but the setbacks that she was able to persevere through. Life is not always about the highs, but how you handle and get through the lows.

With the prime of her career still in front of her, Bianca strives to achieve greatness on and off the court. Bianca wants to inspire the next generation to succeed and shares her favorite motto and piece of advice.

Good racquet head speed will help you add spin and control to your groundstrokes. Bianca shows you a drill she uses often to help train her body and mind to maintain racquet head speed so that you can stay in control of your groundstrokes.

Your first shot of each point is the most crucial and sets the tone for the rest of the point. Bianca teaches you the technique and fundamentals to improve your return, to neutralize your opponents serve and break more often.

Taking advantage of a weak 2nd serve puts pressure on your opponent and will allow you to break serve more often. Bianca walks you through the mentality and fundamentals to attack a 2nd serve return.

No matter your game style, adding variety into your game will keep your opponents guessing and win you a free point when you need it most. Bianca walks you through the technique and keys to execute and disguise your forehand dropshot.

The key to a great drop shot is disguise. Bianca walks you through one of her go to shots and teaches you the keys to the perfect disguise your opponent will never see coming.