Tennis
“She has a great future.” 16-year-old Russian woman impressed a star from the USA at Roland Garros
Mirra Andreeva lost, but still receives compliments.
After an incomparable start at Roland Garros, everyone seemed to talk about Mirra Andreeva. The 16-year-old athlete easily scattered her rivals, received compliments from world stars and became a star before her eyes. It seemed that this music would be eternal, as Mirra’s countryman Vyacheslav Butusov sang.
But everything comes to an end. And at the fairy tale performed by Andreeva at Roland Garros, he also came. And very hard and painful.
One successful, two failed
Mirra’s rival in the third round of Roland Garros was Corey Gauff from the United States – the sixth racket of the world. Previously, the Russian woman did not beat tennis players from the top 10 – however, she practically did not play matches with them. Of course, Gauff was the favorite, but Andreeva could well count on a positive result.
The first set was the hardest for both tennis players. Mirra led 3:1 and 4:2, lost her advantage, lost, returned to the game … The swing game nevertheless developed in favor of the Russian woman, who was a little more successful in the tie-break – 7:6 (7:5).
Alas, the miracles of Mirra ended there. In the second set, she seemed to be absent from the court. Gauff played as she wanted, and Andreeva only watched helplessly. One game was the maximum for her, above which she could not rise – 1:6.
It seemed that in the third set the Russian woman should remember how to play. Unfortunately, the failed streak continued. All the same errors on the pitch and the reception could not turn the game around. Gauff calmly brought the set to victory (6:1) and took a big step into the 1/8 finals of the French tournament.
“Mirra has a great future”
After the match, Corey paid tribute to her opponent. According to the American, Mirra has great potential, and she will become even stronger.
Mirra is very young, she has a great future ahead of her. I hope you will see many more matches between us,” said Gauff, whose words are quoted by the “Championship”.
It is interesting, by the way, that the WTA dubbed the match between Mirra and Cory the “battle of teenagers”. The American is only 19 years old, and for her age she plays very cool. Maybe in the future we will see a new legendary confrontation between Andreeva Jr. and Gauff?
Despite the defeat, Mirra is still spoken of with enthusiasm and hope. Olympic champion and three-time Grand Slam winner Elena Vesnina, for example, does not see anything wrong with the departure of a young Russian woman.
Mirra has shown incredible tennis this week. She didn’t have the strength. But she gained incredible experience that will be used in subsequent tournaments, Vesnina told the Championship.
The epitome of tennis
And really, once again you should not worry. Yes, the fairy tale of Mirra Andreeva in France is over. Yes, the dreams of some overly optimistic fans about her victory in the women’s bracket are still dreams. But the main thing lies elsewhere.
A new star has appeared in Russia, which can be spoken of in enthusiastic tones. Mirra is the personification of our tennis in three or four years. If she does not stop playing (and this is not believed at all), then by the age of 20 she will certainly become the greatest Russian tennis player since Maria Sharapova.
According to the results of Roland Garros, Mirra, by the way, will get as close as possible to the top 100 of the WTA rating. Under certain circumstances, it can even enter the top 100. And it’s very cool!
Source: Sportbox
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The world’s first racket Arina Sabalenko He responded to Ukraine’s accusations at the press conference Alexandra Oleynikova In support of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukoshenko:
– Ukrainian tennis player Alexandra Oleynikova mentioned you and several Russian players, saying that you support their governments, and called for a ban on the participation of Russian and top Russian players. I just wanted to give you a chance to answer this.
– Actually, I’ve talked about this a lot before. Of course I want peace and if I could change something I would definitely do it. Other than that, I don’t have anything else to say.
– As a follow-up to the previous question, I respect your wish not to comment on politics, but do you consider Oleynikova’s comments yesterday, in which she personally mentioned you, as unfair? Do you want politics to stay out of tennis?
– Look, I’m here for tennis. This is a tennis event and I’ve said enough in the past and I don’t want to talk politics here.
Source: Sport UA
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Russian tennis player and 23rd seed at Australian Open 2026 Diana Schneider He responded to the accusations at the press conference Alexandra Oleynikova Why St. Petersburg to support Putin? He explains that he went to St. Petersburg:
– Yesterday, Ukrainian tennis player Alexandra Oleynikova condemned Russian players who participated in exhibition matches sponsored by Gazprom, a major Russian oil company with ties to the war in Ukraine. What is your answer to this? Do you plan to participate in other tournaments with their sponsors?
– You know, we are on Tour all year and I rarely see my family, so I go to St. My only motivation for playing in St. Petersburg is just to visit my family, to show great tennis to my fans who follow us, cheer for us and support us all year round, and if I get such an opportunity I will take it.
– He also talked about your interview in which you talked about your desire to meet Putin and seemed to be seizing the opportunity. You [также] He received an award together with Mirra [Андреевой]. I also want to give you the opportunity to answer this.
– Yeah, I honestly have no idea what he said. I don’t know him at all. I don’t think he knows me either. But Mirra and I had a great year together. And I think just winning a silver medal at the Olympic Games is an incredible achievement. This is everything. I don’t know, I have nothing to comment.
– What do you think about the player making such loud statements in the context of the tournament?
“I didn’t see how you explained it” And frankly I don’t know what you mean. Personally, I’m just here to play tennis, do my job, play great tennis, enjoy the crowd, enjoy the atmosphere, the first Grand Slam of the year. That’s why I’m here; Win as many matches as possible and play great tennis.
Ukraine’s first player, Elina Svitolina, will face Schneider in the 3rd round of the Australian Open.
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Tennis
“Andreeva walked through Sakkari very confidently, almost didn’t notice her at all” – Vesnina
Olympic champion Elena Vesnina assessed the form of Russian Mirra Andreeva at the Australian Open.
World number seven Mirra Andreeva beat Greek Maria Sakkari in the second round of the Australian Open with a score of 6:0, 6:4.
“Mirra walked through Sakkari very confidently and almost didn’t notice her at all. She had some of her best form last year when she won Indian Wells and Dubai.
Now we see Mirra, who has grown up and continues to study. But it’s too early to say that this is her best form. She needs to build her game, improve and set herself the goal of going as far as possible in the Grand Slam tournament, and maybe even winning it,” Vesnina was quoted as saying by Soviet Sport.
In the third round, the Russian will play with the 77th racket of the world, Elena Gabriela Ruze from Romania.
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