The Russians Alina Korneeva (the youngest in the painting) and Mirra Andreeva. The Czech Brenda Fruhvirtova. The three sixteen-year-old girls are the new wonders of world women’s tennis, promising a lot because they have quality and a devastating competitive gene.
A trio of debutants made their Australian Open debut with flying colours, making it to the second round. They never stop making noise. Alina Korneeva, current junior champion of the tournament, defeated the Spaniard Sarah SorribesBrenda Fruhvirtova has an appointment this Wednesday in Melbourne with the defending champion, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.
lead, Mirra Andreeva, the first to firmly enter the professionals. Almost by accident. He went to the qualifying phase of the last Roland Garros, passed it and won two games. He repeated the formula at Wimbledon, where he reached the round of 16. In an invitation from Mutua Madrid he already warned that the label of the future star is perfect, to enter the second round.
He has also left a mark at the Australian Open. “I will be his idol, but if he can, he will kick me,” declared the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, 29 years old and world number 6, about his crossing with Andreeva. He was afraid of trouble, he couldn’t even imagine that he would be kicked hard.
Andreeva defeated Jabeur, 6-0 and 6-2 in 52 minutes.
“In the first set I played incredible tennis, I didn’t expect much from myself,” commented the Siberian, somewhat overwhelmed because “Jabeur is a source of inspiration for me, and I was very nervous. Nothing I missed his matches because of how he plays,” he stressed.
Mirra Andreeva, world no. 47 and rising, lost in last year’s junior final against her friend Alina Korneeva. He has been training since 2022 in the French town of Cannes, with his sister and also a tennis player. Erika, at 19 years old, is 113th in the world. He left Maria Sharapova’s native Sochi to continue developing his career, in the manner of one who once chose the United States as his base.
Source: La Verdad
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