After per week of exhibiting her maturity at her first Wimbledon, 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva has confirmed her inexperience in defeat.
The Russian qualifier, who had received all six of her matches on grass to achieve the fourth spherical on the All England Club, let a giant lead over Twenty fifth-seeded Madison Keys slip away in a 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 loss on No. 2 Court.
Andreeva took the primary set and led 3-0 within the second — profitable 9 of 10 video games in a single stretch — earlier than Keys turned issues round. Frustrated at one level, Andreeva threw her racket and acquired a warning from Swedish chair umpire Louise Azemar Engzell.
In the ultimate sport, Andreeva slipped whereas going for a ball and the racket once more went flying out of her hand.
Engzell docked the Russian some extent for a second thrown racket, giving Keys a match level. Andreeva argued the decision, pleading her case.
“I didn’t throw the racket. I fell,” Andreeva instructed Engzell. “I slid and then I fell.”
The name stood, nevertheless, and Keys then completed off the match to achieve the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the primary time since 2015.
Afterwards the teenager didn’t shake the umpire’s hand.
Andreeva, the youngest participant within the Wimbledon draw, was bidding to develop into the youngest participant to achieve the final eght since Anna Kournikova in 1997.
Defending champion Elena Rybakina has reached the quarter-finals. She superior when Beatriz Haddad Maia retired from their match with a hip harm with Rybakina main 4-1.
The Brazilian had a prolonged medical timeout trailing 3-1 and tried to hold on however after being unable to maneuver throughout a Rybakina service sport it was clear that she couldn’t proceed.
Having been in tears all through the final sport, she reluctantly walked to the web and shook fingers with the rating at 4-1
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Source: www.perthnow.com.au
