IGA Swiatek and Mirra Andreeva qualified without really trembling for the quarters of Wimbledon. The Polish will play in two days the Russian Liudmila Samsonova while the second named will be opposed to the Swiss Belinda Bencic.
When starting his final in Wimbledon, Iga Swiatek did not seem on his plate, clumsy and quickly led 1-3 by the Danish Clara Tauson. Obviously upset, the Polish hastened to find the right adjustments and then direct the debates with authority. Verdict: a net victory in 1h08 on the score of 6-4, 6-1. After 2023, Iga Swiatek will play his second quarter to Wimbledon. A performance allowing him to become the youngest player (24 years old) capable of reaching the quarters of a great slam twelve times since a certain Maria Sharapova in 2008.
The former world n ° 1 will be opposed in quarters to LIUDMILA SAMSONOVA. The Russian beat the Spanish Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in two rounds (7-5, 7-5). Between others from Daria Kasatkina in the third round, Liudmila Samsonova has still not sold a set to Wimbledon this year. A feat that Mirra Andreeva can also boast, victorious in 1h17 of Emma Navarro, seeded n ° 10 in London (6-2, 6-3). The Russian will play at 18 her first quarter on the British lawn. A real waking dream, like his meeting with Roger Federer, present in the stands. “It was one of my dreams, meeting you in real life,” she reacted on the court after the meeting.
Andreeva equal sharapova
Not fully aware of her feat, Mirra Andreeva had not understood that the match was finished after converting her match ball. Like her compatriot Maria Sharapova (18 in 2005), she became the youngest qualified player for the quarter of the English Grand Slam.
On her cloud, she will be able to digest what is happening to her before her return to the court in two days against Belinda Bencic. The Swiss, for its part, has dismissed in the middle of the afternoon the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (7-6 (4), 6-4). A success opening the door of a first quarter to Wimbledon. It was too many emotions for the 35th world, in tears after his match ball, which rallies this stage of the competition after eight unsuccessful attempts.
