Russian Mirra Andreyeva surprisingly defeated number two seed Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus.
The second Quarterfinal day the Women with prize money of 53.48 million euros French Open has equal two big surprises The 6:7(5),6:4,6:4 victory of the 17-year-old Russian Mirra Andrejewa on Wednesday about the number two seeded Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka can be safely described as a sensation. Before that, the Italian had Jasmine Paolini the number 4, Jelena Rybakina from Kazakhstan, with 6:2,4:6,6:4.
This is one of the two surprises in the Final of Roland Garros. In this event, either defending champion Every Swiatek (POL-1) or Coco Gauff (USA-3) will definitely be the favorite.
However, Sabalenka had already Problems with the Health and received a medicine at 3:1. Andrejewa used this to take a 5:3 lead, but Sabalenka fought her way into the tiebreak, which she won with a Stop ball At the beginning of the second set, Sabalenka again seemed to be impaired and received a warning for taking too long a break between two games.
Andrejewa made the Set compensation and in the third round a high-class exchange of blowsThe underdog managed the decisive break in the last game with the second match point. A coolly played lob. Andrejewa thus became the youngest semi-finalist at Roland Garros since Martina Hingis 27 years ago. The Australian Open winner Sabalenka had not lost a single set in any major match this year.
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“I played on match point as if I had to fend off a break point, and that’s how I managed to win,” was Andreyeva’s first comment on the court.
Previously, Paolini had perfected the “Italian Festival” in France with her first major semi-final appearance. After Jannik Sinner In the men’s competition, the 28-year-old, just 1.65 m tall Northern Italian was the next source of joy in her homeland. Paolini had two balls to make it 5:3 in the second set, but was unable to close the match. Finally, she managed the decisive break in the third set to make it 5:4.
“It’s an incredible feeling,” said Paolini a few minutes after the victory. “It was a tough match. I was a bit too emotional in the second set. But then I tried to hit every ball and somehow managed it. I tried to forget what happened in the second set.” Paolini, coached by her compatriot Renzo Furlan, has now moved up from 15th place in the world rankings to the top ten; her best placing to date was 12th place.
2024-06-05 18:03:00
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