Mirra Andreeva is only 16 years old and this Thursday she shone in her debut in a Grand Slam, by qualifying for the third round (round of 16) of the women’s table at the Roland Garros tournament in Paris, after beating the French Diane Parry, number 79 in the WTA rankings, in two clear sets with the Partials at 6-1 and 6-2.
Andreeva, a Russian tennis player based in France, is only the 143rd player in the world and left everyone speechless. After all, she is the youngest tennis player to reach the round of 16 of the Paris tournament since 2005, when Bulgarian Sesil Karatantcheva reached the quarter-finals at just 15 years old. To take into account the magnitude of Mirra Andreeva’s achievement, suffice it to say that she is only the seventh under-17 tennis player to reach the third round of Roland Garros in three decades. And on that list are the names of champions Serena Williams and Martina Hingis.
“My dream? I know Djokovic has won 22 Grand Slams, so I want to go to 25 if possible,” Andreeva said excitedly after beating Diane Parry. If she achieves her dream of 25 majors titles, Mirra Andreeva will break all tennis records as she passes not only Djokovic and Rafael Nadal’s (22) 22, but also Serena Williams’ (23) 23 and is the most All Time record holder Australia’s Margaret Court, who won 24 Grand Salms in the 1960s and 1970s.
Despite what she said, Andreeva promised to keep her feet on the ground. “If I become a diva, my coach will warn me because he doesn’t like people like that,” he said, guaranteeing that he was “sure” that he would “listen to his words”. “It will just be me and I am sure that when I do my job I will keep my feet on the ground,” he underlined.
This has been a special year for Andreeva, who has lost just two of her 22 matches, with six of her wins coming against players in the top 100 of the women’s rankings. At Roland Garros, he has already won four matches, without losing a set, as this is only the third tournament he has played at senior level, having reached the round of 16 of the Open de Madrid at the end of April, when he was still 15 years old. old.
Still in the women’s table, World Ranking Leader Polish Iga Swiatek secured a spot in the third round of the French tournament by defeating North American Claire Liu in just two sets with the Partials 6-4 and 6 – 0. The big favorite for the overall victory now faces the Chinese Xinyu Wang, currently 80th player in the world.
Among the men, the big surprise this Thursday was the elimination of the Italian Jannik Sinner (8th ATP) against the German Daniel Altmaier (79th), in a match that lasted 5.26 hours, with departials of 7-6 (7-0), 6 -7 (7-9), 6-1, 6-7 (4-7) and 5-7).
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Source: DN
