Mirra Andreeva reached the 1/8 finals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing

Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva (19 years old) reached the 1/8 finals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing, beating the representative of Uzbekistan Polina Kudermetova with a score of 6:4, 6:1. Match TV reports this.

The match lasted one hour and eight minutes. Andreeva, seeded fourth, tried to return her opponent's powerful shots to her half of the court. According to the Russian tennis player, the cold and windy weather made the task more difficult.

“I know it's cold and windy today. The weather today is not the most pleasant, but I want to thank everyone who came and made the effort to get here,” Sports.ru quotes Andreeva. — As for the match, I think Polina is very talented. She plays very well and hits the ball incredibly powerfully. I tried to just return shots to her half of the court, and it was very difficult, especially with this wind.”

In the next round, Andreeva will play against the winner of the match between Daria Snigur from Ukraine and Tayla Preston from Australia. The tournament is played on hard court with a prize fund of $9.4 million.

This is Andreeva's 17th appearance in the 1/8 finals of WTA 1000 series tournaments - a record among tennis players under 20 years old since the series began in 2009. This season, the Russian has won all ten matches against opponents outside the top 100.