Andreeva cruises past Navarro at Western & Southern Open
Mirra Andreeva made surprisingly quick work of Emma Navarro in the Cincinnati first round on Wednesday. Andreeva moves on to face Karolina Pliskova.
Russian Mirra Andreeva beat American Emma Navarro, the No 11 seed, 6-2, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati on Wednesday afternoon.
This was her 10th career win over a top 20 ranked player. Andreeva, ranked No 24, will play Karolina Pliskova next.
I’m really happy with how I played today.
Mirra Andreeva after her win
“I knew that it was going to be a very hard match. She’s had an amazing year so far, so I was just trying to go on court and do my best and to play because I had nothing to lose,” the Russian teen said after her win. “I just went out there, tried to show my best level, and tried to win a match, and I think I did it.”
“I’m very happy that I didn’t feel as nervous as I thought I would. I think my serve was great today, and I hope it’s going to stay the same for this U.S. swing. It was really, really hot, and there’s no shade on court … I’m really happy with how I played today.”
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other first-round results:
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Magdalena Frech
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Karolina Muchova vs. Dayana Yastremska: wednesday
- Liudmila Samsonova (10) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-4
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (LL) beat Lucia Bronzetti (LL): 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1)
- Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Caroline Dolehide (WC): 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
- Leylah Fernandez beat Yue Yuan: 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Anna Kalinskaya (13) beat Katerina Siniakova: 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Paula Badosa beat Peyton Stearns (WC): 6-2, 7-5
- Diana Shnaider beat Shuai Zhang: 6-1, 6-4
- Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Bianca Andreescu (WC): 6-4, 7-5
- Yulia Putintseva beat Harriet Dart (Q): 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
- Anastasia Potapova beat Clara Burel: 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
- Magda Linette beat Katie Boulter: 2-6, 6-0, 7-5
- Elina Svitolina beat Yafan Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Robin Montgomery (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
- Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 6-4, 6-2
- Ashlyn Krueger (Q) beat Donna Vekic (16): 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Lulu Sun (Q) beat Linda Noskova: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Marta Kostyuk (15) beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Karolina Pliskova beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
- Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5)