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Russian teenager Mirra Andrejewa outclassed her idol Ons Jabeur 6-0, 6-2 in the second round of the Australian Open.
The top 10 players
- Ons Jabeur (TUN/WTA 5) and Mirra Andrejewa (RUS/WTA 47) 0:6, 2:6
- Coco Gauff (USA/WTA 4) s. Caroline Dolehide (USA/WTA 43) 7:6 (7:2), 6:2
Many a viewer in the Rod Laver Arena at lunchtime in Melbourne probably thought they were watching the wrong film. After just 54 minutes, the audience had to say goodbye to their favorite Ons Jabeur say goodbye. What happened? The world number 5 from Tunisia was defeated in the 2nd round of Mirra Andreeva downright humiliated.
Legend:
Nice gesture from the defeated team
Mirra Andrejewa receives a warm hug from her idol Ons Jabeur at the net.
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Andrejeva, of all people, whom Jabeur idolizes because of her varied style of play. The only 16-year-old Russian delivered a demonstration of her already impressive skills and played Jabeur to the wall in every respect. Andrejewa only needed 20 minutes in the first round for the “Bagel”, a set win to zero. The following statistic underlines how superior the teenager was: Andrejewa won more than twice as many points over the entire game (53:26).
Out for Melbourne winner from 2018
Almost at the same time as Jabeur had to go Caroline Wozniacki (WTA 252) another big name is setting sail. The 33-year-old Dane, who made her comeback more than 3 years after her retirement in August 2023, surprisingly had to bow to the still relatively unknown Russian Marija Timofejewa (WTA 170).
Wozniacki seemed to have the game firmly under control against her 20-year-old opponent and led 6:1, 2:0 before Timofejeva launched the big turnaround. After almost two and a half hours, the qualifier celebrated the 1:6, 6:4, 6:1 victory, the biggest of her young career so far.
However, he remains in the tournament Coco Gauff. The winner of the last Grand Slam tournament (US Open) retained the upper hand in the US duel with Caroline Dolehide 7:6, 6:2. Especially in the first round, the outsider made life extremely difficult for the favorite. After an early break deficit, Dolehide suddenly turned up the heat and even served to take the lead in the set when the score was 6:5. But Gauff reacted just in time, managed the rebreak and then clearly won the tiebreak. In the third round, another compatriot, Alycia Parks (WTA 82), is waiting for Gauff.