Tennis
Drama Andreeva and Schneider at Wimbledon. Lostlessly lost after a threat to life
Mirra Andreeva and Diana Schneider / Photo: © Mike Hewitt / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Young stars suffered an offensive defeat in a paired category.
After the early departure of the Italian duet, Sarah Errani and Jasmine Paolini, a couple of Russians Mirra Andreev and Diana Schneider, many attributed to the main favorites at Wimbledon. But the star status did not save tennis players from a painful defeat in an extremely life -threatening match.
“I was actually on one leg”
It seems that Andreeva and Schneider play together for eternity, but last year, at Wimbledon, young Russians played in different pairs. Diana reached the second round with Elena Vesnina, and Mirra flew out in the first round with Anastasia Potapova.
In the same year, girls without unnecessary nerves surpassed personal records, reaching the third circle, simultaneously climbing the best positions in the Live-rating in a paired category. The next rivals of the Russian duet were the Romanian of Soran Kyrti, as well as compatriot Anna Kalinskaya, who has recently experienced health problems, which has rolled back in WTA ratings.
Thunder and lightning changed the course of the match
In the first five gamies, none of the steam was able to make a break, although Soaran and Anna were close to this at Andreeva’s debut presentation. But the “more or less” of the favorites turned out to be stronger than the nerves. Only in the sixth Game did the first break occurred, which was designed by the Russian duet.
In the beginning, the great playing of Mirra and Diana was noticeable with the naked gaze. But a Russian woman became a weak place in the duet of Kyrist and Kalinskaya in the first party. She twice gave her rivals her presentation. This led to defeat in the starting set with a score of 4: 6.
The beginning of the second segment took place for Andreeva and Schneider unsuccessfully. They themselves allowed the rivals to make a break. Offective mistakes led to an emotional reaction from the Russians, the benefit was immediately able to take the rivals.
In the third game, thunder is first sounded, but judges, unlike football, where it is now customary to make an immediate pause, were in no hurry to stop the match. It was a really risky decision, because no one was safe from the blows of lightning, and football officials understand this very well.
Only with the score 2: 2, when the court was poured in the rain, and the risk was much higher, the referee sent tennis players to the locker room. The hour break at first benefited Diana and Mirre. They easily took the fifth game and for a long time tormented rivals in the sixth. Only on the “more-more” Anna and Soran were able to equalize the score. But after that, an equal struggle began, which led the duet to the tie-break. Here, Kalinskaya and Kyrista were already stronger. Ten rally was enough for them to pick up the second batch – 7: 3.
In the third set, the tennis players could not even finish one game, the match was stopped due to the rain again. The next return to the court turned out for Andreeva and Schneider terrible. They allowed the rivals of the story with a score of 3: 0.
Only in the fourth game Mirre and Diana managed to print the score, but it was noticeable that Andreev was not at ease. But Kalinskaya became a real wall in defense, which helped her duet win an important victory to the quarter -finals, taking the decisive set with a score of 6: 1.
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Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva beat the representative of the Philippines Alexandra Eala in the match of the MGM Tennis Masters exhibition tournament, which takes place in Macau.
The meeting ended with Andreeva’s victory with a score of 6:4, 6:2.
The result of the match guaranteed victory for Conchita Martinez’s team, for which the Russian plays, over Li Na’s team. Team Martinez is also represented by Chinese Wu Yibing and Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. The tournament takes place from December 27 to 28.
Andreeva is the winner of three WTA tournaments in singles and two in doubles, Olympic silver medalist in pairs, semi-finalist at Roland Garros 2024. Currently, the athlete ranks ninth in the WTA rankings.
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On December 28, there will be an exhibition match between the world’s first rackets in women’s singles. Arina Sabalenko Finalist at Wimbledon 2022 Nick Kyrgios from Australia.
The so-called “Battle of the Sexes” will take place at the arena in Dubai (UAE) and will start at around 18:00 Kiev time on Sunday.
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The winner will be the person who wins two sets. In the event of a change of game, a tiebreaker of up to 10 points will be determined.
Some changes have been made to the fighting rules. First, each person will only have one attempt to send. Secondly, Sabalenka’s court side will be shortened by 9%.
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tennis legend Billie Jean King He stated that the “Battle of the Sexes” match was played between Arina Sabalenko And Nick Kyrgios It’s “not the same” as his breakthrough reunion with Bobby Riggs.
American King defeated self-proclaimed chauvinist Riggs 6:4, 6:3, 6:3 in a $100,000 winner-take-all match in Houston in September 1973.
An estimated 90 million people worldwide watched the 29-year-old King win the bo5 match against the 55-year-old former Wimbledon and US Open singles champion. The fight is considered an important part of the women’s rights movement and the fight for equality in sports.
World number one Sabalenka, 27, will face Wimbledon 2022 finalist Kyrgios, 30, on December 28 in Dubai. The name of the match was “Battle of the Sexes”.
When asked if he saw any similarities between the matches, King said:
“The only similarity is that one is a man and the other is a woman. That’s it. Everything else is not like that. Our match was about social change, it was about the cultural context of 1973. This match is not about that. I hope the match is great and of course I want Sabalenka to win, but it’s not the same thing.”
Some see the match between four-time Grand Slam singles champion Sabalenka and former world No. 13 Kyrgios as harmless fun, but others believe Sabalenka’s defeat could devalue women’s tennis.
The exhibition match will be played over two sets won and if necessary (1-1 in games) a tiebreaker will be decided up to 10 points.
Each player will serve only once, and Sabalenka’s side of the court will be 9% smaller. Tournament organizers Evolve said women moved around the course an average of 9% slower than men, so it was decided to shorten Arina’s portion of the course.
“I played three bo5 sets with Bobby, on normal court, and didn’t change a thing,” King recalls. “I either play under equal conditions, or I don’t play at all,” I said. And Bobby loved it.”
King’s match came months after Riggs, who died in 1995 aged 77, beat world number one Margaret Court 6-1, 6-2 in the opening match of the Battle of the Sexes series.
The match took place the same year King founded the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and three years after a group of players known as the “Original Nine” left the tennis body.
The match also took place during the passage of Title IX legislation in the United States, which prohibits gender discrimination in all schools and educational programs and guarantees equal conditions, opportunities, and support for men’s and women’s sports teams.
“My match was really political. It was a very difficult time culturally,” King, 82, added. “I knew I had to defeat him for social change.” “I had many reasons to win.”
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