The Beijing tournament sees its men’s final on Wednesday, with Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner as the stars.. In the women’s category we are in the round of 16, with a clear star.
We define Mirra Andreeva. At the age of 16, the world tennis prodigy will face off for a place in the quarterfinals with Kazakh Elena Rybakina (n.5), and he would do so after adding four great victories in the Chinese lands.
Number 60 in the WTA ranking, The Russian had to go through the preliminary phase, where he had no problem defeating his two rivals (6-3, 6-4 over Birrell and 6-0, 3-1 and abandonment against Kalinskaya) and get the ticket for the main draw.
The time has come to see him back in action against the best in the world, and the first hurdle is level. No more or less than the 13th seed and former Roland Garros champion, Barbora Krejcikova.
So, the result is very clear that Andreeva is not big at any stage. A convincing 6-2, 6-2 in which he sealed his second round berthwhere another finalist of the 2021 edition of the Parisian Grand Slam awaits him, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Against his countryman he improved his performance even more and did not give up four games. He let three slip away to close out the win with a thrilling 6-2, 6-1 in just one hour and three minutes of play.
Mirra Andreeva once said she had to choose between going to Rafael Nadal’s Academy in Manacor or Jean-René Lisnard. in French Cannes and he chose the latter because “it’s closer.”
“We have two options, go to Rafa Nadal’s academy or go to Cannes. Cannes was closer, so we tried to go there. I like this. All I can say is I love it and that’s why we’re there.“, acknowledged the Russian.
Regarding his idols, the Russian mentions Roger Federer, as well as Rafa Nadal and he appreciated how the Spaniard overcame a foot injury in 2022 to win his fourteenth Roland Garros.
“I’ve always admired Federer and he’s my favorite player, but after Nadal wins Roland Garros in 2022… He impressed me a lot, because after an injury, he came back and won in Australia and France. After that I can say that I tried to copy him. “I was trying to imagine what he would do,” added the Russian.
Source: La Verdad
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