Teen titan Mirra Andreeva stuns Aryna Sabalenka to reach first Slam ...
It’s an achievement unlocked for teen phenom Mirra Andreeva: the 17-year-old superstar scored the biggest win of her young career at Roland Garros, stunning world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4.
"I really tried not to focus on the score, and when it was the second match point for me, I was trying to imagine I was saving a break point, so I was trying to play brave and I managed to win!" Andreeva exclaimed during her on-court interview.
Andreeva snapped the reigning Australian Open champion’s 23-set winning streak at Grand Slams and ended her run of six straight Slam semifinals, roaring back from a break down in the third set to hand an out-of-sorts Sabalenka her first major defeat of the season in two hours and 29 minutes on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
Waiting for Andreeva, the youngest Slam semifinalist since Martina Hingis in 1997, is fellow Slam semifinal debutante and No. 12 seed Jasmine Paolini, who stunned No. 4 seed Elena Rybakina earlier in the afternoon.