16-year-old Mirra Andreeva levels sensational comeback

Mirra Andreeva staged a sensational comeback to maintain her Australian Open dream alive in beating Diane Parry within the third spherical.

The 16-year-old was 5-1 down within the deciding set having misplaced the primary 6-1 after which received the second by the identical rating, and needed to save a match level on her serve to remain within the recreation.

She then clicked into gear and received six of the following seven video games, finally taking the tiebreak 10-5 to safe probably the greatest wins of her brief profession over her French opponent.

It appeared the win was within the again when the Russian received 5 consecutive video games, and she or he was serving for the match, solely to face a break and must get herself again up for the tie break.

But she held her nerve and secured her spot within the fourth spherical of the competitors, having already crushed Ons Jabeur and Bernarda Pera up to now down beneath.

Mirra Andreeva staged a sensational comeback win to succeed in the fourth spherical of the Australian Open on Friday

The 16-year-old got here from 5-1 down within the remaining set to beat France’s Diane Parry in Melbourne

Andreeva had been serving to win the match however has damaged and the sport went to a tie break

Andreeva is taking part in in her first Australian Open having taken the tennis world by storm within the final yr, profitable over followers along with her performances and witty one-liners within the media throughout final yr’s Wimbledon.

Towards the top of her run within the competitors, she was fined for throwing her racket and refusing to shake arms with the umpire having expressed frustrations over her efficiency in defeat to Madison Keys.

After she was criticised by a commentator for her ‘psychological aspect of the sport’ in her win over Parry on Friday, her idol Andy Murray leapt to her defence on social media.

‘Andreeva down 5-1 in third. Commentator “She really needs to work on mental side of her game.. she’s too hard on herself when she’s losing”,’ Murray started.

‘half-hour later 7-6 Andreeva wins. Maybe the explanation she turned the match spherical is due to her psychological power. Maybe she turned the match round as a result of she is tough on herself and calls for extra of herself when she’s dropping/taking part in badly? Winner.’

Andy Murray, in the meantime, leapt to {the teenager}’s defence on social media after she was criticised by commentary

Murray and Andreeva have shaped robust bond after it was revealed the Brit is the latter’s idol

Murray and Andreeva have shaped a robust bond after the previous revealed the three-time Grand Slam winner was her idol.

‘I met Andy Murray right here,’ she stated after her second spherical win over Barbora Krejcikova at Wimbledon. ‘But I’m too shy to speak to him. 

‘When I see him, I attempt to go away the power tremendous fast simply to to not speak to him as a result of I’m tremendous shy!’

Andreeva revealed that she acquired a superb luck textual content from Murray previous to final yr’s French Open at Roland Garros

After Murray’s Aix-en-Provence ATP Challenger title in May final yr, Andreeva revealed she textual content the Scot to supply her congratulations.

‘I stated congratulations,’ she stated. ‘He truly answered me, so I used to be actually joyful about it. He stated thanks, and good luck in Roland Garros. Maybe that is why I’m taking part in that good now.’

Andreeva will face both Storm Hunter or Barbora Krejcikova within the fourth spherical.