The dazzling journey of Mirra Andreeva, 16 years and two months, came close to being enriched by an additional stage, but Madison Keys, led 6-3, 4-1 by the young Russian, Monday in start of the day, was able to reverse the trend and validate his ticket for the quarter-finals (3-6, 7-6 [4]6-2 en 2h3′).
18th in the world this week, the 2017 US Open finalist had to keep calm during a match where her younger sister looked like her eldest for a long time. Two points from being down 3-0, Andreeva, 102nd, but who will celebrate her arrival in the top 100 at the end of the tournament, has gradually woven a robust web in which she has gradually become entangled. the American, who almost got chances in every game, until the end of the first set, but barely advanced on the scoreboard, even losing seven games in a row from 3-2 to 3-6, 0 -3.
At ease on all of her technical palette (lobs and drop shots included) as well as on her movement, when she had just discovered the pressure on the grass, the young Russian with dense blond hair seemed to spin like lightning towards the victory, especially at 6-3, 4-1 and 30/40 on the opposing service.
Andreeva moves within three points of the game
However, once this opportunity was missed, Keys gradually nibbled away, never panicking. Andreeva, whose body language betrayed her youth at times, went three points into the match, 6-3, 5-4, 15A, then 4-4 in the tie-break, but fell to a set all after 1h22′ of game.
In the third set, Keys raced in the lead from start to finish, fending off Andreeva’s break point with a forehand winner, 4-2. At 5-2, the teenager received a second warning for throwing a racket, synonymous with a penalty point which gave match point to the American. The latter then hit a big comeback that helped her qualify for the second quarter-final of her career at Wimbledon, eight years after her first time (loss to Agnieszka Radwanska in 2015).
