Mirra Andreeva became the second youngest tennis player in the quarter-finals of Roland Garros in the 21st century, reports Opta Sport.
Younger than Andreeva was only Bulgarian Cécile Karatancheva, who reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros in 2005, at the age of 15.
On Monday, the 17-year-old Russian defeated Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva in two games with a score of 7:5, 6:2 and reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros for the first time in her career. Thanks to this result, Andreeva will be at least 30th racket in the world, for her this is the highest position. In the latest version of the ranking, Andreeva was on 38th place. The Russian will compete with Belarusian Arina Sabalenka to reach the semi-finals of Roland-Garros on Wednesday. The score in personal matches is 2 to 0 in favor of the second racket in the world.
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