The beginning of the decisive set could be crucial. Iga Świątek just won the second batch 6: 1. Mirra Andrejew lost the service three times in the previous set. Her game collapsed, and her nerves were also released.
In the first game of the last set Andriev led 30: 0, but then Christmas leveled. The angry Russian threw a rocket strongly against the court so that she bounced and fell a few meters away.
Please see! The beginning of the last set and how much emotions. She buys in her head – analyzed commentators Canal+ Sport. The 17-year-old looked very nervous, and yet in this game she broke the Iga of Świątek a moment later.
A rocket flew, but calm down quickly
Despite the symptoms of nervousness, it must be admitted that the Russian tennis player was impressed again with incredible maturity – all the more if she will remember her young age. She got up after a clearly losing second set. In the last batch, many difficult moments have laid – also at 2: 1.
In the fourth game at the rivals of Świątek led 30: 0, she stood by the net and had a ball in Wola to get three chances of breaking. Unfortunately, she threw this play, and after a while she didn't get 2: 2, because it got 3: 1. Shelf She clearly helped the opponent.
It must also be reflected that Andriejew fought very bravely, defended herself in incredibly demanding positions. She forced the runner -up of the ranking to finish the exchange with another blow, and this made the chance that the favorite would be wrong. And she was wrong at the end of the meeting more than once.
– After she literally killed me in the second set, I just tried to fight. I couldn't do anything, she played amazing. I decided to fight for every point, somehow keep the ball in the court. I think it came out quite well – this is how Mirrir Andrejew summed up her performance.
Sabalenka praises
This is a great rating of Saturday's competition. The Russian played very well for her age, but she was also lucky that our tennis player at the decisive moment stopped hitting the ending games.
This is 11. A victory in a row performed by a 17-year-old, a second time she was promoted to the final of the rank event Wt 1000. Recently it was the best in Dubai, where on the way she beat, among others Iga Świątek and Jelena Rybakina. Now in California, she also eliminated a Polish woman and a representative of Kazakhstan from the party.
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Andriejew became the youngest finalist of the event in Indian Wells for 24 years. In 2001, 17-year-old Belgian Kim clijsters also became a finalist of the competition of this highest category after a great slam. Before the Russian meeting for the title on Sunday with Aryna Sabalena. The Belarusian defeated the champion smoothly in the semi -final Australian Open Madison Keys 6: 1, 6: 1.
Sabalenka, when asked about the successes of Andriejew, who only at the end of April will turn 18, admitted: “This madness. I repeat herself, but she is madness. She is really impressive at such a young age. She is two years younger than my sister, who is like a child. It's like a mother competing on a court with a child (laugh).
It will be the sixth clash of Aryna Sabalenka with Mirrra Andriejew. The Belarusian leads 4: 1, and the only defeat was recorded during last year's Roland Garros. It should be mentioned, however, that then she had health problems during the meeting, which Andrejew used.
Better than Martinez?
The favorite of the finals in California will be the leader of the ranking, but Mirrir Andrejew has a strong weapon on her side: support of the CONCHITY Martinez trainer. For a year, she was the Grand Slam champion, he has been training a teenage Russian star for a year. And it's like!
During match Martinez was sitting in the stands, very close to the court. Almost after every game she gave advice to her mentee. The Russian recently explained that she could not always use these tips before. Today he does it much better.
When the trainer advised her to change the rhythm in the attack, and after a while she attacked Christmas against her legs. She also appealed to her mastery, which turned out to be crucial in the decisive set. “I know Conchita lost here in the final.” I will try to fall better than her – said the 17 -year -old.
In 1996 in California Conchita Martinez succumbed to Steffi Graf 6: 7, 6: 7. What was the result of the final duel in 2025? The beginning of the match of Mirry Andriejew with Aryna Sabalena on Sunday at 19:00 Polish time.