Andreeva Loses Wimbledon Tuneup in Bad Homburg, Her First Match Since French Open Title Win
- On Wednesday, Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated French Open champion Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 6-4 at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany. The 31-year-old advanced to the quarterfinals.
- The 19-year-old Andreeva played her first grass match in 2026 after withdrawing from last week's Berlin Open to recover following her French Open victory. She lost seven straight games early against her compatriot.
- Alexandrova steadied herself to win in one hour and 28 minutes, surviving a second-set surge where Andreeva executed a backspin trick shot that bounced back over the net. The two Russian players hugged at the net after.
- Top-Seeded Iga Swiatek also lost Wednesday, falling 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 to Emma Navarro, while third-seeded Elina Svitolina withdrew citing fitness issues. The top three seeded players have been eliminated.
- Alexandrova will face Japan's Naomi Osaka in the quarterfinals, while Navarro is set to play Elena Gabriela Ruse. The upsets reshape the tournament bracket following the highest-ranked competitors' exits.
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In his first game since his title at Roland-Garros, Mirra Andreeva was tilted on Wednesday.
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For the first time this grass-court season, Mirra Andreeva looked vulnerable. The teenage sensation suffered a straight-sets defeat in Bad Homburg, bringing an end to an encouraging run on a surface that many observers once viewed as one of the biggest question marks in her long-term development. On paper, the result represents a setback. One of the most exciting young players in the sport lost before reaching the latter stages of an important W…
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Andreeva loses Wimbledon tuneup in Bad Homburg, her first match since French Open title win
Mirra Andreeva has lost in her first match since winning the French Open. She was beaten in her only grass-court tuneup before Wimbledon by Ekaterina Alexandrova.
The young Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva, a brand-new champion of Roland Garros, and the Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek, fell defeated this Wednesday in Bad Homburg 2026 (Germany), a few days before the start of the Wimbledon tournament, of which Swiatek is currently the champion. (Read here: Francisco Cerúndolo and Frances Tiafoe are champions of Queen’s and Halle 2026) Free of the first round in this WTA 500 tournament in central Germa…
Freed from the first round of this WTA 500 tournament in central Germany, near Frankfurt, Mirra Andreeva (5th world) went in two sets 6-3, 6-4 in the eighth of the final against his compatriot Ekaterina Alexandrova (19th), for his recovery tournament after Roland-Garros. After her title at the Gate of Auteuil, the young Russian had ...
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