Tennis-Andreeva extends deepest US Open run into quarters

Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - September 7, 2026 Russia's Mirra Andreeva in action during her round of 16 match against Austria's Anastasia Potapova IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters/Geoff Burke

NEW YORK, Sept ⁠7 (Reuters) - Russian fifth seed Mirra Andreeva fought back to beat Austrian Anastasia ⁠Potapova 5-7 6-4 6-3 on Monday and extend her deepest run ‌at the U.S. Open into the quarter-finals.

The 19-year-old Andreeva had her opponent on the ropes when Potapova went down with an apparent leg injury late in the match, putting a disappointing end to ​an otherwise competitive affair.

"She's my good friend and seeing ⁠what a battle we had... ⁠seeing her fall like this, it's not easy," said Andreeva. "It's not the way obviously ⁠you ‌want to finish the match... I just told her she's been playing amazing so far."

The Roland Garros winner will next play the winner of ⁠an all-American clash between IvaJovic and Coco Gauff.

Potapova put ​up less than half ‌as many unforced errors as her opponent in a tightly fought opening ⁠set, where Andreeva ​could not hang on when it counted the most, helping her opponent to the critical break in the final game with two double faults and a misfiring backhand.

But the ⁠Russian cleaned up her form considerably in the second ​set, thriving in the shorter rallies before Potapova handed over the decisive break with a double fault in the seventh game.

Andreeva broke her opponent from the baseline to ⁠go up 2-1 in the final set, where Potapova collapsed onto the court clutching her left knee in pain after chasing a ball along the baseline in the ninth game.Andreeva ran to her aid and helped her limp to her bench.

She ​lay on the court for several minutes as a ⁠physio taped up her leg and valiantly finished the match, asAndreeva clinched it with ​a backhand winner before going to the other ‌side of the court to embrace her ​opponent.

"She's a better fighter than me so I'm sure she's going to come back even stronger," said Andreeva.

(Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York)

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网球——美国网球公开赛——美国纽约法拉盛草地网球场——2026年9月7日，俄罗斯选手米拉·安德烈耶娃在与奥地利选手阿纳斯塔西娅·波塔波娃的16强赛中比赛。（图片来源：路透社/杰夫·伯克）

纽约，9 月 7 日（路透社）——周一，俄罗斯五号种子米拉·安德烈耶娃奋起反击，以 5-7、6-4、6-3 击败奥地利选手阿纳斯塔西娅·波塔波娃，将她在美网公开赛上的最佳战绩延续到四分之一决赛。

19 岁的安德烈耶娃一度将对手逼入绝境，但波塔波娃在比赛后期因明显的腿伤倒地，令这场原本势均力敌的比赛以令人失望的方式结束。

“她是我很好的朋友，看到我们之前那场激烈的较量……看到她这样倒下，真的很难受，”安德烈耶娃说。“显然，这不是我们想要的比赛结局……我只是告诉她，她到目前为止的表现非常出色。”

法网冠军的下一场比赛将对阵伊瓦约维奇和科科·高芙之间美国内战的胜者。

在首盘的激烈角逐中，波塔波娃的非受迫性失误不到对手的一半。安德烈耶娃在最关键的时刻没能坚持住，在最后一局中，她两次双误和一次反手失误帮助对手取得了关键的破发。

但俄罗斯选手在第二盘中状态明显回升，在短回合中表现出色，直到第七局波塔波娃出现双误，才丢掉了决定性的破发点。

安德烈耶娃在决胜盘中从底线破发，以2-1领先。第九局，波塔波娃在底线追球时，痛苦地捂着左膝倒在了球场上。安德烈耶娃跑过去扶她，让她一瘸一拐地回到替补席。

她在球场上躺了几分钟，理疗师为她包扎了腿，她英勇地完成了比赛，安德烈耶娃以一记反手制胜分赢得了比赛，然后走到球场的另一边拥抱了她的对手。

安德烈耶娃说：“她比我更厉害，所以我相信她会以更强的姿态回归。”

（纽约艾米·坦纳里报道）

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