Mirra Andreeva reaches Wimbledon quarters — and has no clue match is over
After winning 6-2, 6-3 over American Emma Navarro in the Round of 16, the 18-year-old from Russia was clueless to the fact that the match was over in a hilarious and endearing scene.
When Navarro hit a drop shot into the net with Andreeva up 40-0, the umpire announced 'Game, Set, Match' and the crowd erupted into cheers.
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But Andreeva stood stone-faced, preparing for the next point – until she looked up at the scoreboard.
Finally realizing what had happened, she gave a sheepish smile and shook hands with Navarro and the umpire before saluting the crowd.
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'A teenage quarterfinalist, she doesn't realize she's a teenage quarterfinalist!' said announcer Ben Cajee on the BBC broadcast. 'Of course, she is new to all this.'
3 Mirra Andreeva finally realizing she had advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
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The match was the Centre Court debut for Andreeva, ranked seventh in the world after bursting onto the scene in recent years.
'What did she think the score was? 15-40?' BBC analyst Martina Navratilova laughed. 'Sometimes people celebrate too early. She celebrated, like, 30 seconds later. That's pretty funny.'
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Perhaps Andreeva was extra locked in with Roger Federer, one of her tennis idols, looking on from the stands.
3 Mirra Andreeva during her fourth-round match against Emma Navarro at Wimbledon on July 7.
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3 Roger Federer and wife Mirka Federer in the Royal Box at Wimbledon on July 7.
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'It's something crazy. I was super nervous before playing first time on Centre Court,' Andreeva said in her on-court post-match interview. 'I tried not to look over [toward Federer], because I knew as soon as I would look there I would just completely lose my focus.'
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Andreeva is the youngest Wimbledon quarterfinalist since Victoria Azarenka and Sabine Lisicki in 2009.
She'll face off against Belinda Bencic on Wednesday with a berth in the semifinals on the line.
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