Andreeva fell in love during her 16 years in Paris

Everyone noticed his all-round tennis and competitive ability in WTA 1000 Madridwhere he was 16 years ago, taking advantage of the tournament invitation to enter the round of 16, until he bumped into number 2 Aryna Sabalenka.

When she lost in the junior final of the Australian Open, she admitted that she fell a bit, hurt by losing a very competitive match against her compatriot Alina Korneeva, another child prodigy like her.

But since then, in the pros, he’s won 22 of 24 games. He is in love with Paris with his quality and force. He has not lost a single set in three previous matches and the other two in his Grand Slam debut.

If it opened 6-2 and 6-1 against the American Alison Riske (85th), went on to a 6-1 and 6-2 against the French Diane Parry (79th) in 1h.17′. It was surprising even for him, that the first option on the agenda was to play the Roland Garros under-18 competition, where he made the quarters in the 2022 edition.

Change of plans as this Russian based in the French town of Cannes is steadily walking into the main draw. He also made sure to enter the top-100 of the world ranking, when fourteen months ago he had no classification. It arrived in the French capital as the 143rd.

It will cross, on Saturday, with the American Coco Gauff, sixth seed, or the Austrian julia graber (61st).

There hasn’t been a very young man in the third round of Roland Garros since the Bulgarian Sesil Karatantchevawith 15 planted in rooms in 2005.

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Her sister Erika, 18, was removed. Both hail from vast Russian Siberia, which has already given the tennis world a Maria Sharapova, who chose the United States as a destination to aspire to become a tennis star. The Andreevas stayed at Costa Azul with the ATP tennis player Jean-Rene Lisnard.

At the age of 15, he won the ITF of El Espinara Segovian tournament where so many tennis stars passed through before taking the big step.