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06/24 10:56 CDT Andreeva loses Wimbledon tuneup in Bad Homburg, her first match
since French Open title win
Andreeva loses Wimbledon tuneup in Bad Homburg, her first match since French
Open title win
BAD HOMBURG, Germany (AP) --- Mirra Andreeva lost in her first match since
winning the French Open, beaten in her only grass-court tuneup before Wimbledon
by Ekaterina Alexandrova on Wednesday.
The two Russian players hugged at the net after Alexandrova overcame Andreeva
and the heat wave baking Europe to win 6-3, 6-4 for a place in the
quarterfinals of the Bad Homburg Open.
In the second set, the 19-year-old French Open champion pulled off a table
tennis-style trick shot which had so much backspin it landed on Alexandrova's
side of the court before bouncing back over the net to win Andreeva the point.
Alexandrova next faces Naomi Osaka at Bad Homburg.
Top-seeded Iga Swiatek also lost Wednesday, struggling with her serve in a 7-5,
2-6, 6-3 defeat to Emma Navarro. Swiatek had six double faults in the first set
alone. The runner-up in Nottingham last week, Navarro improved to a 6-2 record
on grass this season and will play Elena Gabriela Ruse in the quarterfinals.
The top three seeded players at the tournament are all out. French Open
quarterfinalist Elina Svitolina, seeded third, withdrew Wednesday ahead of the
quarterfinals, citing fitness issues after her second-round win over Liudmila
Samsonova.
"It took a little bit more than expected out of my body, so therefore I need a
few more days to recover," she said in a video statement.
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AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis
