This Thursday, the 17 -year -old Mirra Andreeva bowed against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the round of 16 in Stuttgart.
Disillusionment. The young Russian prodigy Mirra Andreeva, 7th world player, was eliminated in the knockout stages of the WTA 500 tournament from Stuttgart on clay, surprised by her compatriot Ekaterina Alexandrova (22nd) in two dry sets 6-3, 6-2 Thursday.
Andreeva, crowned with WTA 1000 tournaments in Dubai and Indian Wells in February and March, has to break his opponent from Breakée, but immediately lost his put into play by a double crippling fault. Alexandrova then took control of the match and left no respite to the seeded N.6 based in particular on the power of his blows and a lethal service. Ella succeeded in 19 winning shots, including eight aces, against 11 for Andreeva.
The 17 -year -old teenager was betrayed by her first service, achieving only 48% of her blows, and committing 24 direct faults in total. Rather comfortable on a hard surface, Andreeva then sunk in the second round where she only saved two small games before conceding a logical defeat to her 13 year old elder after 1h05 min of play.
Alexandrova will face the American Jessica Pegula who sent the Polish Magdalena Frech 6-1, 6-1. The American Coco Gauff has reserved the same German fate Ella Seidel to whom she left only two small games in less than an hour (6-1, 6-1) to offer herself a duel with the Italian Jasmine Paolini, victorious of another German, Jule Niemeier 6-1, 7-5.
