WIMBLEDON, England — Sixteen-year-old Mirra Andreeva, taking part in at Wimbledon for the primary time, earned the ultimate spot within the fourth spherical of the grass-court Grand Slam event on Sunday.
The Russian qualifier is the newest teen sensation in tennis, and she or he isn’t disappointing on the All England Club. Andreeva is the youngest participant since Coco Gauff in 2019 to achieve the ladies’s fourth spherical at Wimbledon. She reached the third spherical at this yr’s French Open in her first main event.
Despite trailing 4-1 within the second set, Andreeva beat Twenty second-seeded Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 7-5 on No. 3 Court.
“I came back from 1-4, so of course I feel great,” Andreeva stated on court docket earlier than explaining how she retains her cool. “Today, honestly, even if I wanted to show some emotions, I honestly, I couldn’t because I was out of breath almost every point. I really couldn’t show any emotions.”
They got here out after, although, when Andreeva sat in her chair and pulled her purple Wimbledon towel up over her face for a couple of seconds to regain her composure.
Andreeva will subsequent face No. 25 Madison Keys for a spot within the quarterfinals.
The third-round victory got here 21 minutes after Marketa Vondrousova turned the primary participant to achieve the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Vondrousova defeated Thirty second-seeded Marie Bouzkova 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula additionally reached the quarterfinals. The 29-year-old American beat Lesia Tsurenko 6-1, 6-3 and can subsequent face Vondrousova.
This yr is just the second time play is formally scheduled for the center Sunday at Wimbledon. Four occasions previously, in 1991, 1997, 2004 and 2016, organizers used the day to cope with a backlog of matches.
The final man to achieve the fourth spherical was Twenty first-seeded Grigor Dimitrov. He beat Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in a match that began on Saturday. He will subsequent face sixth-seeded Holger Rune.
Later Sunday, top-seeded Iga Swiatek was scheduled to face Belinda Bencic on Centre Court. Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic will comply with that match in opposition to Hubert Hurkacz.
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