Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva reached the 1/8 finals of Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam tournament of the season. During the second set, Andreeva lost with a score of 1:4, and also won back a double set point with a score of 4:5. Her next opponent will be American Madison Keys.
Mirra is playing at Wimbledon for the first time in her career. The girl is the second player under the age of 17 to reach the 1/8 finals in the women’s singles at Wimbledon in the 21st century. The first was Russian Maria Sharapova (2003).
Andreeva is ranked 102nd in the world ranking; at the end of April in Madrid, she won the first match at a WTA tournament in her career and became the youngest participant in the 1/8 finals of a WTA-1000 tournament.
Wimbledon will end on July 15. The total prize fund of the tournament is five billion rubles.
In addition to Wimbledon, the French Open, Roland Garros, is also popular among tennis players. Serbian player Novak Djokovic won it with a record 23rd Grand Slam victory.