Mirra Andreeva made historical past on Wednesday when she defeated top-ranked tennis professional Aryna Sabalenka within the quarterfinals on the French Open to turn into the youngest Grand Slam semifinalist in almost 30 years.
Andreeva, a 17-year-old unseeded participant from Russia, received the match 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, and she or he did so by going off script.
Mirra Andreeva of Russia in motion in opposition to Aryna Sabalenka of Russia within the quarter finals of the ladies’s singles at Roland Garros on June 05, 2024 in Paris, France. (Frey/TPN/Getty Photographs)
“I all the time play the best way I wish to play. We’ve got a plan with my coach for the match, however after, I neglect the whole lot, and once I play a match, I don’t have any ideas in my head,” she stated after the match.
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“So possibly I’d say that my energy might be that I simply play how I wish to play and I do no matter I wish to do.”
Her unapologetic method to the sport has paid off. Andreeva, who solely turned 17 in April, is now the youngest participant to succeed in the semifinals at any Grand Slam since Martina Hingis did so in 1997 at age 16.
That 12 months, Hingis received the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open and was a finalist on the French Open.
Mirra Andreeva celebrates after profitable match level in opposition to Aryna Sabalenka throughout the Ladies’s Singles Quarter Last match on Day 11 at Roland Garros on June 05, 2024 in Paris, France. (High quality Sport Photographs/Getty Photographs)
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Andreeva is taking part in solely in her sixth main match. She is going to subsequent face Italy’s Jasmine Paolini, a 28-year-old who additionally reached her first main semifinal.
However at coronary heart, Andreeva is very similar to some other teenager.
“I’d say that I’m nearly like a traditional teenager, as a result of I nonetheless should do my faculty that I don’t love to do. I watch plenty of TV collection in my spare time. I watch Netflix. I typically spend an excessive amount of time on my Instagram,” she stated. “However possibly what makes me a little bit completely different is that, I don’t know if I can say that I’m mature, however I really feel myself a mature particular person, and I really feel that I do know what I’m doing.”
Mirra Andreeva talks to the media after defeating Aryna Sabalenka within the quarter-final on Day 11 of the French Open at Roland Garros on June 05, 2024 in Paris, France. (Robert Prange/Getty Photographs)
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Andreeva and Paolini will face off on Thursday morning. Earlier within the day, the ladies’s world No. 1 Iga Swiatek will face off in opposition to Coco Gauff.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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