Sixteen-year-old Mirra Andreeva, enjoying at Wimbledon for the primary time, earned the ultimate spot within the fourth spherical of the ladies’s draw.
The Russian qualifier is the most recent teen sensation in tennis, and she or he isn’t disappointing on the All England Club. Andreeva is the youngest participant since Coco Gauff in 2019 to succeed in the ladies’s fourth spherical at Wimbledon. She reached the third spherical at this 12 months’s French Open in her first main match.
Despite trailing 4-1 within the second set, Andreeva beat Twenty second-seeded Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 7-5 on No. 3 Court.
“I came back from 1-4, so of course I feel great,” Andreeva mentioned on court docket earlier than explaining how she retains her cool. “Today, honestly, even if I wanted to show some emotions, I honestly, I couldn’t because I was out of breath almost every point. I really couldn’t show any emotions.”
They got here out after, although, when Andreeva sat in her chair and pulled her purple Wimbledon towel up over her face for a couple of seconds to regain her composure.