Mirra Andreeva will make her second Roland Garros semi-final in three years after defeating Sorana Cirstea on Tuesday afternoon.
Andreeva performed superbly throughout Tuesday’s contest, eventually securing a 6-0, 6-3 victory over the 36-year-old Romanian on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Andreeva, still only 18 years old, will play Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in the last four.
Andreeva is the second-highest seed left in the Roland Garros draw and perhaps the most likely challenger to Aryna Sabalenka’s title aspirations.
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Andreeva is a special talent and she has already made tennis history at the event.
Mirra Andreeva has won 16 Roland Garros matches as a teenager
As per statisticians OptaAce, Mirra Andreeva has now won 16 matches at Roland Garros – the most of any teenager this century.
The previous record holder was Coco Gauff, who won 15 Roland Garros matches during her teenage years.
Kim Clijsters is in third place, with 14 victories to her name, while Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova make up the fourth and fifth spots.
Roland Garros wins as a teenager since 2000
- Mirra Andreeva – 16
- Coco Gauff – 15
- Kim Clijsters – 14
- Ana Ivanovic – 12
- Maria Sharapova – 11
Andreeva will hope to make it 17 Roland Garros match wins when she plays 15th seed Marta Kostyuk on Thursday.
Kostyuk has been in imperious form, winning her last 17 matches on the Tour.
Since losing to Elena Rybakina in Miami on March 22, Kostyuk has won titles in Rouen and Madrid, and now finds herself in a first Grand Slam semi-final.
Mirra Andreeva enters the history books
As per OptaAce, Mirra Andreeva has become the sixth-youngest player in the Open Era to reach her second career women’s singles semi-final at Roland Garros in the Open Era.
Only Monica Seles, Andrea Jaeger, Gabriela Sabatini, Martina Hingis, and Steffi Graf achieved the feat at a younger age.
Seles is currently the youngest to do so. The American qualified for her second Roland Garros semi-final in 1990 while aged 16 years and 177 days.
Youngest women to qualify for two Roland Garros semi-finals
- Monica Seles – 16 years and 177 days
- Andrea Jaeger – 16 years and 354 days
- Gabriela Sabatini – 17 years and nine days
- Martina Hingis – 17 years and 237 days
- Steffi Graf – 18 years and 343 days
- Mirra Andreeva – 19 years and 25 days
At 19 years of age, Andreeva is now just two matches away from capturing her first Grand Slam title.
If Andreeva were to do so, she would become the 10th youngest first-time Grand Slam women’s singles champion in the Open Era.
