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Coco Gauff eyes the ball during a point against Solana Sierra in their second round women’s singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on Wednesday. (AP photo)<\/p>\n
LONDON \u2014 Having seen six match points slip away, Barbora Krejcikova finally got the ball to bounce her way on the seventh.<\/p>\n
Krejcikova earned her biggest victory on Centre Court since winning the 2024 Wimbledon title by knocking out French Open champion Mirra Andreeva 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the second round Wednesday.<\/p>\n
It didn\u2019t come easy, though.<\/p>\n
Andreeva faced six match points when Krejcikova served for the match at 5-3 and saved them all before finally converting her fourth break point in a marathon game.<\/p>\n
The fifth-seeded Russian teenager handed her opponent a seventh match point when she sliced a backhand wide in the next game, and this time Krejcikova converted with a bit of luck. Her shot hit the net cord and bounced in and Andreeva could only return it long.<\/p>\n
Andreeva, coming off her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, threw her racket in disgust and later smashed it into her bag before leaving Centre Court.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a match,\u201d Krejcikova said, trying to sum it all up. \u201cWhat a match.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier, No. 1 ranked Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner both advanced in straight sets, with Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka also reaching the third round. Novak Djokovic finished off Day 3 by beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 on Centre Court to continue his quest for a 25th major title.<\/p>\n
Krejcikova is a two-time Grand Slam winner, also taking the 2021 French Open title, but has struggled with back and knee injuries and has fallen to No. 38 in the rankings.<\/p>\n
Andreeva had shown signs of frustration throughout the third set \u2014 including when her bead bracelet broke during a point at 1-1 and she had to spend a few moments picking beads out of the grass along the baseline and throwing them toward the back of the court.<\/p>\n
Two ball kids and the chair umpire joined her in cleaning up before play resumed.<\/p>\n
Gauff came from a break down in the third set and then won the last six points of the tiebreaker to beat Solana Sierra 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7).<\/p>\n
Gauff was two points away from losing the match when Sierra served at 5-4 in the third set but won three straight points to break back.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen she had to serve for the match I just reminded myself that I\u2019m a great returner as well,\u201d Gauff said. \u201cI was just trying to be positive and I think that showed.\u201d<\/p>\n
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