The first racket of the Russian Federation Andreeva was defeated in the Australian Open

Russian Mirra Andreeva failed to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Tennis Championship, which is being held in Melbourne. In the fourth round match on January 25, she lost to the representative of Ukraine Elina Svitolina.

The match ended with a score of 6:2, 6:4 in favor of Svitolina, who was seeded at the tournament at number 12. Andreeva had the eighth seed number. In the next round, the Ukrainian tennis player will play American Coco Gauff, who received the third seed.

Andreeva is 18 years old, she ranks seventh in the ranking of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). She has four WTA singles titles to her credit.

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Russian tennis player Oksana Selekhmetyeva lost to American athlete Jessica Pegula in the third round of the Australian Open on January 24. The match ended with a score of 6:3, 6:2. It was noted that the tennis player spent 1 hour and 7 minutes on the court.

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