Mirra tragedy on US Open. A fat American forced the best tennis player in Russia

The opening US Tennis Championship began for Russian Mirra Andreeva extremely successfully. After the first two matches, the hope appeared that our star would finally take the first title in the tournaments of the Grand Slam series.

But the confrontation with a dimensional American who lacks stars from the sky ended in a real drama for the country’s best tennis player.

Removing the American curse

Andreeva for the first time in her career reached the third round of US Open, taking off the curse of departure after the second match. 99.9% of professional tennis players at the age of 18 would have considered such a result a great success, but certainly not Mirra. The fifth racket of the world madly wanted to win the first large helmet tournament.

The Russians’ readiness for the tournament in New York was really magnificent. After a three -week pause, she did not leave the chances of Alicia Parks, giving an American for two sets only one game. She did not meet powerful resistance in the match against compatriot Anastasia Potapova – 6: 1, 6: 3.

“I am incredibly glad that I finally took off this curse.” This is an amazing feeling, ”Mirra said after the victory.

The third rival of Andreeva on US Open was another American Taylor Townsend, who, before the start of the tournament, occupied only the 139th line in the WTA ranking. The overall athlete has achieved the main successes in a paired category, where he is now holding a leading position. But alone, she never went beyond the fourth round.

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Tears of hopelessness

The meeting was held at the Arthur Ash stadium, which is considered the tennis arena in the world. It can accommodate more than 23 thousand spectators. A lot of people gathered to look at the Russian-American confrontation, but there were enough empty places.

At first, American fans had few reasons for joy. Mirra confidently took the first two games, and Townsend simply did not have time for Andreeva’s attacks. But Taylor felt the perfect tactics to the third gam, which began to bring results. The American once after time found steep diagonals, knocking Mirra from the court, after which she fled to the grid and completed the draws with powerful blows from the summer.

The tactics worked flawlessly, plus local fans provided crazy support. The stadium was torn by ovations after each successful townsend draw. For an 18-year-old girl from Russia, this was a serious test that she did not pass. Under the powerful pressure of the stands, Mirra gave the 11th game on her presentation and allowed the rival to take a set-5: 7.

The beginning of the second segment, it would seem, was in favor of Andreeva, but she took two gamers in a row with a miracle, because she had to play three Breek Pontunt right at the start. But it was only a temporary outbreak. After that, Mirra frankly fell. Fans drove the Townsend, and the American tennis player held a life match.

After the fifth game, Mirra had a frank breakdown. She could hardly restrain herself so as not to burst into tears, but tears still appeared. The Russian woman could not choose the keys to the game of the curtain of Taylor. As a result, Andreev gave six geys in a row and lost 2: 6.

This defeat causes analogy with the game Mirra on Roland Garros in 2025 against the local tennis player Lua Buisson. The Russian woman was also considered a large favorite, but she lost on the central court named after Philip Shatrie, unable to withstand the pressure of the crowd. After such coincidences, there is an involuntarily desire to hit conspiracy. Whether the organizers did not have a hand, because on this day there were much more loud signs for playing the central court.

Four hours before this couple, another American Emma Navarro played, who occupies the 11th line in the WTA ranking. Last year, she reached the semifinals of US Open. She was opposed by the titled Czech Barbobora Kreichikov, who had 12 victories behind the large helmet tournaments. Why not put this couple of last vision, it is incomprehensible.