In the round of 16 of the largest tennis tournament in the world at the age of 16: Mirra Andreyeva also reached the third round in Wimbledon. The top talent defeated her Russian compatriot Anastassija Potapova on Sunday (July 9th, 2023).
The new tennis “prodigy” Mirra Andreyeva was the last player to reach the round of 16 at the 136th All England Championships. In a Russian duel, the 16-year-old defeated Anastasiya Potapova, six years her senior, 6-2, 7-5 and celebrated her second participation in one Grand Slam her greatest success to date.
Top 100 premiere for sure
“It feels amazing”, said Andreyeva. Both Australian Open At the beginning of the year, Andreyeva was still competing in the juniors, where she reached the final. Both French Open in Paris she came in the main draw already in the third round. Since the end of 2022, the young Russian has improved from 293rd place in the world rankings to 102nd place, and having reached the round of 16 at the All England Club has now moved her up to 64th place. Andreyeva had fought her way into the main draw at Wimbledon via qualification.
Before her success against 22nd seed Potapova, she had progressed against 10th seed Czech Barbora Krejcikova. The winner of the French Open 2021 had to give up when the score was 3: 6, 0: 4. Andreeva now meets Madison Keys (USA).
Pegula and Vondrousova in the quarterfinals
The American Jessica Pegula and Marketa Vondrousova from the Czech Republic are the first players in the quarterfinals. Fourth in the world rankings Pegula had no trouble beating the Ukrainian Lessia Zurenko 6: 1, 6: 3, Vondrousova defeated her compatriot Marie Bouzkova 2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3.
Rublew and Sinner one lap further
For the men, Andrei Rublew made it to the quarterfinals for the first time at Wimbledon. The 25-year-old defeated Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan in a top-class match 7:5, 6:3, 6:7 (6:8), 6:7 (5:7), 6:4. After 3:17 hours, Rublew used his third match point. When the score was 5: 4 in the fourth set, he had already given away two match points. Most recently, Rublew and Bublik faced each other in the final in Halle two weeks ago. Since Bublik had won in three sets.
Jannik Sinner is also still in the running. The Italian won against Daniel Galan from Colombia 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 4, 6: 3 and now meets the Russian Roman Safiullin in the quarterfinals.
Swiatek in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the first time after a show of strength
Iga Swiatek made it into the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the first time after a feat of strength. The world number one from Poland won her round of 16 against the number 14 seeded Olympic champion Belinda Bencic 6:7 (4:7), 7:6 (7:2), 6:3 and showed strong nerves: At a score of 5:6 in the In the second set, she fended off two match balls from the Swiss.
The four-time Grand Slam winner Swiatek won the following tie-break, a little later she managed the break in the third set to make it 3-1. Bencic, who still has to wait for her first place in the quarter-finals in Wimbledon, looked physically ill in the final stages of the match and made a few mistakes. 22-year-old Swiatek now meets Elina Switolina from Ukraine, who defeated number 19 seed Victoria Asarenka 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (11-9). “This is the second happiest moment of my life after the birth of my daughter”said Switolina after the match.