17-year-old Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva burst into tears at the award ceremony after losing to her compatriot Daria Kasatkina in the final of the WTA-500 series tournament held in Ningbo, China.
Andreeva, who finished the match in tears, burst into tears in her post-match speech. At the same time, Kasatkina ran and hugged him.
The match, which lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes, ended in three sets with scores of 6:0, 4:6, 6:4. In the third match Kasatkina had to win back with a score of 0:3 in games. He missed his serves, committed four double faults and converted seven of eight break points. Andreeva has no ace, five double faults and four break points out of seven.
Kasatkina won her eighth WTA singles title. Andreeva lost her first final at the WTA level.
This final was the 34th final in which two athletes from Russia would participate. This last happened in July; In the final of the tournament in Romania, Andreeva defeated Elina Avanesyan, who represented Russia at that time. He later changed his citizenship to Armenian.
In the Women’s Tennis Association rankings, 17-year-old Andreeva ranks 19th and 27-year-old Kasatkina ranks 11th.
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Source: Gazeta
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