Thursday’s Top 8 Tennis Matches: Mirra Andreeva Ends Match Postponed Due To Storm
Daniil Salnikov August 24, 2023, 09:31 Moscow time
What to see on August 24 on the courts of the world.
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Program in summary:
🎾 17:00*: Erika Andreeva (Russia) – Petra Marchinko (Croatia), US Open – Qualification, 2nd round 🎾 17:00*: Marina Melnikova (Russia) – Oceane Daudin (France, 18), US Open – qualification, 2nd round 🎾 18:00*: Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia, 4) – Xinyu Wang (China, Q), Cleveland, 1/4 final 🎾 18:30*: Irina Shimanovich (Belarus) – Tatyana Prozorova (Russia) , US Open – Qualification, Round 2 🎾 7:30 PM*: Sloan Stevens (USA, 9) – Mirra Andreeva (Russia), Cleveland, Round 2 🎾 8:00 PM*: Valeria Savinykh (Russia) – Yuriko Miyazaki (Great Britain), US Open – qualifier, round 2 🎾 20:00*: Diana Schneider (Russia, 2) – Elsa Jaquemot (France), US Open – qualifier, round 2 🎾 21:30 *: Despina Papamikhail (Greece) – Vera Zvonareva (Russia), US Open – qualification, 2nd round
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🎾 17:00*: Erika Andreeva (Russia) – Petra Marchinko (Croatia), US Open – Qualification, 2nd round
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: which of the young talents will win their first head-to-head fight on the professional circuit?
19-year-old Erika Andreeva continues her path to the US Open main draw by qualifying. In the first round, she faced the experienced Sara Errani, and now she will fight 17-year-old Petra Marchinko of Croatia, who was the Orange Bowl champion in 2021 and won the junior Australian Open in 2022. The girls have yet to meet. on the professional circuit, but at the junior level Eriva won the three hundredth final in Pančevo-2020.
Erika Andreeva
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🎾 5:00 PM*: Marina Melnikova (Russia) v Oceane Doden (France, 18), US Open – Qualifying, 2nd round
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: will the Russian be able to reach the final of the classification?
Marina Melnikova had a successful start in qualifying for the US Open, scoring a resounding victory against Australia’s Astra Sharma. Now the 34-year-old Russian will compete with French Oceane Doden, seeded 18th, to reach the final round. Previously, the girls did not meet on the court. Doden was once in the top 50, winning the title at Quebec 2016.
Marina Melnikova
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🎾 6:00 p.m.*: Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia, 4) – Xinyu Wang (China, Q), Cleveland, 1/4 final
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: Will Alexandrova get revenge for loss in Indian Wells?
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in Cleveland, where she will now face 21-year-old Chinese Xinyu Wang, who reached base via qualifying. The tennis players already met this year in the second round of Indian Wells, and then Wang confidently won in two sets. Will Catherine now be able to avenge that defeat? In the round of 16, the winner of the match will play the best tennis player of the Carolina García-Zhu Lin couple.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
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🎾 18:30*: Irina Shimanovich (Belarus) – Tatyana Prozorova (Russia), US Open – qualification, 2nd round
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: Will Prozorova be able to take on the second Belarusian in a row?
19-year-old Tatyana Prozorova successfully started the first TBSH of her career. The Russian faced the Belarusian Yulia Gotovko in the first qualifying round and now she will have to fight another representative of this country: Irina Shimanovich. Previously, the tennis players did not know each other. Who will go further down the grid?
Tatiana Prozorova
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🎾 7:30pm*: Sloane Stevens (USA, 9) vs. Mirra Andreeva (Russia), Cleveland, 2nd round
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: how will the battle between Mirra Andreeva and the US Open champion end?
This match was not completed the day before due to rain. The Russian at that time was inferior by 3:6, 0:3. Mirra Andreeva, 16, will face the TBS champion for the third time in her short professional career. In the fourth round in Madrid she lost to Arina Sobolenko, in the second round in Wimbledon she confidently faced Barbora Kreychikova. And now, in the second round in Cleveland, the young Russian will have to play 30-year-old Sloane Stevens, who won the US Open in 2017. The winner of the quarterfinal match will face Spanish Sarah. Sorribes-Tormo the same day.
myrrh andreeva
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🎾 20:00*: Valeria Savinykh (Russia) – Yuriko Miyazaki (Great Britain), US Open – Qualification, 2nd round
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: Will Savinykh make it to the US Open qualifying final?
Valeria Savinykh, 32, has never reached the base of the US Open in her career. The closest she got to this goal was in 2012, when she advanced to the final round. But at the Australian Open, the Russian performed three times (2012, 2013, 2021). Will Valeria be able to face the British Miyazaki and reach the final of the preliminary tournament?
valeria savinykh
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🎾 20:00*: Diana Schneider (Russia, 2) – Elsa Jaquemot (France), US Open – Qualification, 2nd round
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: Will Schneider be able to make it to the US Open?
US Open second seed Diana Schneider continues to move up the grid. In the first round she faced the American Hayley Baptiste in two sets, and now she has to play the French Elsa Jaquemo. The girls have never crossed paths on the court. Who will reach the final?
diana schneider
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🎾 9:30 PM*: Despina Papamihail (Greece) – Vera Zvonareva (Russia), US Open – qualifying, 2nd round
*Game schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed
Intrigue: will the eminent Russian be able to get one step closer to the finish line?
Finalist of Wimbledon and US Open – 2010, the former second racket in the world Vera Zvonareva continues to advance to the base of the current tournament through the classification. In the first round she confidently faced Australian Jamie Forlis, and now she will play Greek Despina Papamichail. Will the eminent Russian be able to get one step closer to the finish line?
Vera Zvonareva
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