Last October, Mirra Andreeva was left in tears in the podium after losing a 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 heartbreaker to Daria Kasatkina in the Ningbo final.
Eight months on, the 18-year-old avenged the defeat in style at Roland Garros. She came from 5-3 down in the second set and saved one set point to advance 6-3, 7-5 past No. 17 seed Kasatkina and make her second Grand Slam quarterfinal.
No. 6 seed Andreeva, a semifinalist in Paris last year, became the youngest player to reach back-to-back Roland Garros quarterfinals since Martina Hingis in 1997-98. She has yet to drop a set — or even concede more than five games in any set — en route to the last eight, where she will next face either No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula or wild card Lois Boisson.
More to come…
