Andreeva sweeps into last 16 at French Open

PARIS: Women’s eighth seed Mirra Andreeva blew past Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 6-2 in the third round at the French Open on Friday.

The 19-year-old Russian survived a break point in the sixth game of the match before breaking herself in the ninth.

She then served out comfortably for the set.

Andreeva immediately broke the Czech again to start the second set and then broke again, to love, in the seventh game as she won in one hour 35 minutes.

“I was very happy I was able to close the first set despite missing some shots,” said Andreeva on court at the end. “Very happy I was able to play aggressive throughout the match,” she said.

Andreeva said the first-week heat wave suited her game and she preferred playing in the afternoon before the courts cooled.

“When it’s hot and its sunny I feel I have an advantage because when the ball is bouncing I can get a better shape on it,” she said.

In the last 16, Andreeva will face either another Czech, 10th-seeded Karolina Muchova, or Swiss Jil Teichmann.

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