Wimbledon 2023: Teenager Andreeva’s run not soured by ‘controversial’ point penalty

Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva mentioned her debut run at Wimbledon was a “good experience” and has given her an enormous confidence increase, regardless of her incurring a degree penalty in the direction of the top of a 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-2 fourth-round defeat by American Madison Keys.

World quantity 102 Andreeva was handed a degree penalty after her racket flew out of her hand at 5-2 within the decider, giving match level to Keys in Monday’s conflict. The 16-year-old had already bought a warning within the second set for throwing her racket.

An emotional Andreeva argued with umpire Louise Azemar Engzell to no avail, saying she had slipped on the grass and had not thrown her racket deliberately, earlier than refusing to shake fingers along with her on the finish of the match.

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“The first warning I got, I think I deserved it … I was a bit frustrated. So that’s why I threw the racket,” qualifier Andreeva informed reporters.

“Here I cannot say anything, she was right to give me a warning. I didn’t complain or talk to her about it…

“For me (the second time) it’s a controversial point because I’m not sure if — I don’t know which decision was right. But, honestly, I didn’t have any intention to throw the racket. I slid.

“Honestly, I thought that I will fall forward. Maybe it did look like I threw the racket. I don’t know. I didn’t see any videos yet.”

The Russian maintained that Azemar Engzell had come to the mistaken determination, saying: “For me, she didn’t do a right decision. Yes, that’s why I didn’t want to shake hands with her.”

Despite the character of her defeat, Andreeva, who reached the third spherical on the French Open final month in her first Grand Slam most important draw look, harassed that there have been positives to take from her run at her first senior grasscourt match.

“Obviously it’s my first time on grass. I kind of didn’t expect to go that far in Wimbledon because first time on grass, I had no experience at all. I passed qualifiers. It gave me a lot of confidence,” Andreeva mentioned.

“It’s a good experience for me, for sure. I hope that next year I will do better here. We will see if I really can…

“After this tournament I will take some days off just to relax and not to play tennis. I don’t want to play tennis for a few days, for sure. After I will be back on clay and I will play Lausanne, WTA 250. Then I think I’ll play U.S. Open.”