Athletistic/Tennis. Russian Tennis Federation President Shamil Tarpishchev explained Mirra Andreeva’s unsuccessful performance at Wimbledon.

“She simply has no experience of playing on grass, so the defeat in the first round is understandable. She just needs more practice. Grass has its own specifics of moving on the field – spiked shoes, sudden stops, the ball bounces differently. You won’t get used to it in one or two matches,” Tarpishchev said in an interview with TASS.

In the first round of Wimbledon, Andreeva lost to Czech Brenda Fruhvirtova with a score of 1:6, 6:3, 6:2. Andreeva, 17, is ranked 23rd in the WTA rankings.

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