2024-01-19 07:47:45
Mirra Andreeva was on the verge of elimination from the Australian Open, but miraculously escaped in a hopeless situation.
An unexpectedly difficult match awaited Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva at the Australian Open. Being the obvious favorite, she was one step away from defeat, but literally clawed out victory in brilliant style.
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Bad start
The first two matches at the Australian Open went perfectly for Andreeva. She did not play more than two games on the court, beating even the sixth racket of the world, Ons Jabeur, without any problems.
In the third round game, Mirra faced 21-year-old Frenchwoman Diane Parry, who had never made it past the first round until this year. She ranks only 72nd in the WTA rankings, and perhaps only the bravest fans believed in her success.
However, the beginning of the match became a cold shower for Andreeva. The Russian made a lot of mistakes in simple situations and won the first game only with the score 0:5. The game ended with a score of 6:1 in favor of the Frenchwoman. The crowd in Melbourne was in shock; there was no other way to explain the deathly silence in the stands.
Mirra Andreeva / Photo: © Julian Finney / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Renaissance
A resigned defeat in the opening set forced Andreeva to retreat to the tribune room. It is not known what the Russian woman was doing there, but she returned completely different. Parry began to make mistakes more often, and Mirra increased her aggression. The number of actively won goals has more than tripled. As a result, the scoreboard showed a diametrically opposite result – 6:1 in favor of Mirra.
In the third game, Andreeva once more made the fans nervous, so much so that many managed to write her off. The Russian woman fell apart once more, and how: she immediately gave away three games and was clearly not at ease. Trying to change something, following another lost rally, Mirra bit herself on the bicep.
The Russian won the next game, but then her game declined once more. By the seventh game she was losing with a score of 1:5. In such a situation, most would give up, but not Mirra. She fought back a match point, took five games in a row, and then finished off her opponent in the tiebreak: 7:6 (10:5).
The athlete’s character impressed the organizers so much that a short but very meaningful phrase appeared on the social networks of the Australian Open: “Young Queen!” The famous Andy Murray also admired Mirra’s will to win.
“Perhaps the reason she turned the match around was because of her mental strength.” Maybe she turned the match around because she is hard on herself and demands more from herself when she plays poorly? Winner,” the five-time Australian tournament finalist wrote on social media.
In the 1/8 finals, Andreeva will have to play once morest the best in the match, Storm Hunter – Barbora Krejcikova.
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