Thanks to a two -round success on Hailey Baptiste, Mirra Andreeva qualified for the knockout stages of Wimbledon, making sure to equal her best result on the London lawn.
Mirra Andreeva will not miss the knockout stages of Wimbledon. For his third match on the London lawn this week, the seeded number 7 once again imposed in two dry rounds. After Mayar Sherif then Lucia Bronzetti, Hailey Baptiste could not do anything against Russian. From the first discussions, the world number 7 set the tone to take the service of the American from the start. After having released his counter by winning his second visit to the service, the world 55th had an opportunity to erase his delay.
However, this Débreak ball was not exploited and Hailey Baptiste paid it very dear. Indeed, she was no longer able to thwart Mirra Andreeva’s plans. Signing a series of four games won consecutively, including two taken from the opposing service, The seeded number 7 has awarded a first one -way round, completed in just over 30 minutes. The second started with balanced exchange. Thus, the first three games were won by the one that hired. Mirra Andreeva then accelerator to take the service of Hailey Baptiste on a white station wagon.
Andreeva jostled but qualified
But that was without counting on an American who dropped her blows, animated by the energy of despair. High struggle, on the third Débreak ball, the 55th in the WTA ranking has erased its delay … to better lose its service on a white conceded game. Taking the lead again on the display board, the Russian did not make the same mistake despite the insistence of her opponent. Thus, after having saved five Débreak opportunities for Hailey Baptiste, Mirra Andreeva was able to confirm the ascendant on the court to lead five games to two.
The end of the match was easier for the world number 7, which ended the suspense at the first opportunity on its commitment (6-1, 6-3 in 1h19 ‘). She will find for a place in the quarterfinals either the title holder Barbora Krejcikova, or another American, seeded number 10 Emma Navarro. If successful, Mirra Andreeva would achieve the best result of her career on London lawn.
One of the posters of Wimbledon’s knockout stages is already known. Tomber of Daria Kasatkina in two rounds (6-2, 6-3 in 1h18 ‘), Liudmila Samsonova will face Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. The Spanish had the last word against Dayana Yastremska (6-1, 2-6, 6-3 in 1h23 ‘).
