Russia’s Mirra Andreeva has become the first under-17 tennis player to reach the third round of the French Open (Roland Garros) since 2009. Reported by OptaAce.
Today, on June 1, the 16-year-old Russian defeated Dian Parry of France 6:1, 6:2 and advanced to the third round at Roland Garros. The duration of the interview was 1 hour 17 minutes.
Before that, at the age of 17 Croatian Yva Majoli (1993, 1994), Swiss Martina Hingis (1995-1997), Russian Anna Kournikova (1997, 1998), American Serena Williams (1998), Bulgarian Cecile reached the third round. French Open Karatancheva (2005) and Portugal’s Michel Larcher de Brito (2009).
Mirra Andreeva will compete with the winner of the match between Corey Gauff (USA) and Julia Graber (Austria) to advance to the next round at Roland Garros.
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