Gauff overcomes Andreeva and continues in Paris

Coco Gauff completes the comeback to overcome the Russian Mirra Andreeva in three sets (6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-1) in their duel for the third round of Roland Garros.

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A true match between two very young players, for the pass to the round of 16 at Roland Garros. Coco Gauff He arrived as the experienced duel, despite his short 19 years, but with a tour of a few years on the circuit, even with his final in Paris last year. And if we were talking about the experience of the American, it is because her rival was the Russian Mirra Andreeva, just turned 16, and who had just passed the previous phase, in addition to getting another two wins to reach this instance in his first Grand Slam. A duel that we will surely see very often in the coming years.

Andreeva strikes first

Many doubts at the beginning of the game, where neither of the two players dared to take the initiative, making many mistakes. Beyond the fact that she was not giving that power battle as expected, it was interesting to see the tactical duel between the two, especially with Andreeva playing intelligently. The Russian tennis player herself managed to break up twice, but Gauff matched the story immediately. The North American would take advantage of a clear bump in Mirra to make a third break in a row and thus go ahead 5-4, serving for set. However, in that tight match tone, the Russian regained parity, and then took the definition to a tiebreak. In that tiebreaker, which was equally even, Andreeva managed to unlock it and took this first round.

Gauff comes back and wins with great authority

The second set would start with similar sensations, and a fairly high level of play. Gauff knew how to make the first difference in this set by breaking Andreeva’s second service turn, to then go 4-1 on the score. From that break, the Russian was progressively losing consistency, breaking that equality that the match had been having. Coco signed another break to end up taking this set 6-1.

Moment of the defining set. Andreeva tried to rebuild her level to resist the attacks of her rival, with much more confidence. The Russian was already reeling with her serve, saving several break points in the first games, but finally the critical break came for Gauff, who also took the lead in this set. The development of the set would become similar to the previous one, with absolute dominance of the current Roland Garros finalist. Finally, Gauff sealed his victory with another 6-1 score..