World No. 6 Mirra Andreeva failed to show the web page this week after struggling one other shock loss at this week’s WTA 500 match in Ningbo.
Final yr, Andreeva completed as runner-up in her Ningbo debut. This yr, she had a first-round bye earlier than 219th-ranked Zhu Lin handed her a surprising 4-6 6-3 6-2 defeat.
For the Russian – who was the highest seed in Ningbo – it was her third consecutive defeat. Beforehand, the two-time WTA 1000 champion was upset by Sonay Kartal within the Beijing round-of-16 and Laura Siegemund in her Wuhan opener.
Whereas Andreeva has been struggling since making the Wimbledon quarterfinal, the sensation is that it has solely gotten worse during the last couple of weeks. One factor that has additionally been regarding particularly is the truth that the 18-year-old merely is not managing to win three-set matches – all of her final three clashes went right into a decider and she or he didn’t recover from the end line.
Andreeva insisted that she discovered a key lesson
When addressing her North American swing struggles, Andreeva stated at the beginning of the Asian swing that she discovered that she couldn’t win each match she performed.
“You can not win each match that you just play. You can not win each match that you just play. So it’s type of a traditional factor to lose and clearly generally while you’re tremendous near win the match, it hurts a little bit bit extra. It takes a little bit bit extra time to type of step again and simply overlook about that. It’s simply life. It’s simply how tennis works. And with time, I discovered how one can type of settle for it and transfer on from powerful losses,” the 18-year-old not too long ago stated.
When Andreeva made this assertion, one would assume that it will assist chill out the stress and pressure she was feeling. However to this point, it hasn’t occurred.
It stays to be seen if Andreeva can discover not less than some spark earlier than the season ends.
