"Sometimes I don't manage to sneak Coco in" says Bianca Andreescu about taking her dog to tournaments

| by Drew Tate

Bianca Andreescu's toy poodle Coco has become a fan favourite, most often seen peeking out of her bag in the player's box to watch Bianca put on a show.

Coco has been visible at some of Bianca's best tournaments -- while winning Toronto and the US Open in 2019 and during her run to the 2021 Miami final. Now 4 years old, the very good girl is accompanying the Andreescu family on a jaunt around Europe as Bianca Andreescu seeks to regain her place at the top of the game. She broke down what the day looks like.

Morning

"She'll always wake up between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. for attention. After six hours, she's like, 'I need cuddling.' So she'll just cuddle up between me and my mom and demand attention for maybe 10 minutes, then she'll go back to bed. Usually she stays with my mom, but when we're in the same room, that's when I experience it. That 10 minutes isn't lovely, but you gotta do what you gotta do with a lil' baby like that!"

Events

2022 Roland Garros WTA Draw with Swiatek, Badosa, Osaka, Raducanu
2022 Roland Garros WTA Draw with Swiatek, Badosa, Osaka, Raducanu

"Usually, tournaments allow dogs. Sometimes ... I don't necessarily sneak her in. But I'll talk to some people, and they'll be like, 'OK ... and let her in. She's a great practice companion. When she's on the court, she'll help out with the balls a little bit. Well, not exactly help. She'll run and get the balls, but she won't necessarily bring them back to us. She'll put them all in her own little corner. But she collects all of them, so it's kind of the same thing."

Dinner

"There's always different arguments over whether you should feed your dog regular food or dog food. We're in conflict with that and don't know exactly what to do. We kind of mix it up.She's picky, though, so we have to have the right food with us all the time. What my parents always have is bread and butter. She absolutely loves that. They can't be separate, though. The butter has to be on the bread. If it's peanut butter, that's even better. And she can eat meat any time of day. She doesn't eat that much of other things, but meat she can eat legit whenever."

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