Andreeva, 15, wins again at Madrid Open

After another impressive victory at the Madrid Open, Mirra An‐ dreeva patiently took photos with some fans who looked young enough to be her classmates in high school.

Moments earlier, the 15‐year‐ old Russian had been raising her arms by the net to celebrate her win over a top‐20 opponent.

Andreeva, a day after defeating 2021 U.S. Open finalist Leylah Fer‐ nandez for her first tour‐level win, beat 14th‐ranked Beatriz Haddad Maia 7‐6 (6), 6‐3 to advance to the third round on Thursday.

In the men's draw, two‐time Madrid champion Andy Murray lost his first‐round match in straight sets to qualifier Andrea

Vavassori.

With her win over Fernandez, Andreeva became the third‐ youngest player to win a main‐ draw match at a WTA 1000 tournament, behind Coco Gauff and CiCi Bellis, and only the sec‐ ond 15‐year‐old to defeat a top‐50 opponent at a WTA 1000 tourna‐ ment.

With her victory on Thursday, Andreeva became the seventh‐ youngest player since 2000 to de‐ feat a top‐20 opponent before the age of 16. The Russian's birthday is on Saturday.

She has won 15 straight matches in all levels and earlier this year became the first player to win two or more W60 titles before the age of 16.

The teenager looked calm and in control throughout the match against the 13th‐seeded Haddad Maia. She saved three set points before winning the first‐set tiebreaker then broke early in the second to secure another straight‐ set victory.

Another teenager who had ad‐ vanced to the second round in Madrid, 17‐year‐old Linda Fruhvirtova, lost 6‐0, 6‐3 to 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko. The 58th‐ranked Fruhvirtova is the youngest player inside the top 100.

Sixth‐seeded Gauff reached the third round with a comfortable 6‐ 4, 6‐1 win over Irene Burillo Es‐ corihuela. The American will next face home‐crowd favorite Paula Badosa, who defeated Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6‐3, 4‐6, 6‐4.

Three‐time Madrid Open cham‐ pion Petra Kvitova lost 7‐6 (9), 6‐ 1 to Jule Niemeier, while ninth‐seeded Maria Sakkari de‐ feated Dutch qualifier Arantxa Rus 6‐4, 6‐4.

Murray lost his first match for the third straight tournament, falling 6‐2, 7‐6 (7) to the 164th‐ ranked Vavassori.

Dominic Thiem defeated Kyle Edmund 6‐4, 6‐1 to set up a sec‐ ond‐round match against fourth‐ seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Defending champion Carlos Al‐ caraz plays his first match today.