Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva claims the biggest win of her career against an out-of-sorts Aryna Sabalenka to reach the semi-finals of the French Open.
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva claimed the biggest win of her career against an out-of-sorts Aryna Sabalenka to reach the semi-finals of the French Open.
The 17-year-old is the youngest Grand Slam semi-finalist since Martina Hingis at the US Open in 1997. The Australian Open winner became increasingly frustrated with her below-par performance and called for the trainer as Andreeva broke to go 4-3 up. The same problems returned for Sabalenka, however, and she often needed to crouch down and steady herself on her racquet - receiving a time violation on one occasion.
Andreeva capitalised on her opponent's struggles and landed an outrageous lob on her second match point at 5-4 to seal a famous victory.It is another win that marks Andreeva's rapid rise to the top of the sport.
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