Famous former domestic tennis player, former world sixth racket in doubles and winner of two ATP tournaments in singles, Andrei Olkhovsky, in a comment to socialbites.ca, shared his expectations for further performances of 16-year-old Russian Mirra. Andreeva at the Australian Open. The expert believes that a lot will depend on whether he can maintain his physical shape throughout the two weeks of the tournament.
“It’s very difficult, I don’t dare to guess. Before the match between Jabeur and Andreeva, three-quarters or even 90% of people would say Jabeur was the favorite. But now everything has turned in the opposite direction. The next opponent may not be as strong in terms of ratings, but will provide more significant resistance. You don’t know this place either. Again, the duration of a Grand Slam tournament is still two weeks. So the players need to stay in shape a little more. And if we’re talking about leading players, I think they’re gaining that towards the later stages of the tournament. So in the first rounds their game is still bad, but then they move better and better and it is very difficult to beat them. The situation for women may be slightly different,” Olkhovsky noted.
In the second round, the world’s 47th racket, Andreeva, defeated the sixth tennis player on the planet, Tunisian Ons Jabeur, with scores of 6:0 and 6:2.
former tennis player sulky After the victory at the Australian Open.