Mirra

Oct 4, 2023

No Comments The Beijing tournament experiences its men’s final this Wednesday, with Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner as the protagonists. In the women’s category we are in the round of 16, with a clear protagonist. At 16 years old, the world tennis prodigy will face off for a place in the quarterfinals with the Kazakh Elena Rybakina (n.5), and he will do so after adding four overwhelming victories in Chinese lands. Number 60 in the WTA ranking, The Russian had to go through the preliminary phase, where she had no problem beating her two rivals (6-3, 6-4 to Birrell and 6-0, 3-1 and abandonment against Kalinskaya) and get the ticket for the main draw. The time had come to see her in action again against the best in the world, and the first obstacle was level. Neither more nor less than the 13th seed and former Roland Garros champion, Barbora Krejcikova. Well, the result makes it very clear that Andreeva is not big on any stage. A convincing 6-2, 6-2 with which he sealed his pass to the second roundwhere the other finalist of the 2021 edition of the Parisian Grand Slam was waiting for her, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Against his compatriot he improved his performance a little more and did not give up four games. There were three that he let escape to close the victory by an overwhelming 6-2, 6-1 in just one hour and three minutes of play. Read also Mirra Andreeva once said that she had to choose between going to Rafael Nadal’s Academy in Manacor or Jean-René Lisnard’s. in the French Cannes and that he chose the latter because “it is closer.” “We had two options, go to Rafa Nadal’s academy or go to Cannes. Cannes was closer, so we tried going there. I like it. All I can say is that I like it and that’s why we’re there.“, acknowledged the Russian. Regarding her idols, the Russian mentioned Roger Federer, but also Rafa Nadal and he appreciated how the Spaniard overcame the foot injury in 2022 to win his fourteenth Roland Garros. “I have always admired Federer and he has always been my favorite player, but after Nadal won at Roland Garros in 2022… He impressed me a lot, because after an injury, he came back and won in Australia and France. After that I can say that I try to copy him. “I try to think about what he would do,” the Russian added.