Despite earning the nickname \u201cLittle spicy Mirra\u201d from Chinese fans, Mirra Andreeva stayed cool and composed on a warm afternoon in Beijing, cruising to a routine 6-4, 6-1 win over Spain\u2019s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro at the China Open.<\/p>\n
Beijing: Scores<\/a> | Draws<\/a> | Order of play<\/a><\/p>\n The 18-year-old superstar needed just 1 hour and 32 minutes to secure a spot in the fourth round, inching closer to a repeat quarterfinal appearance after last year\u2019s run.<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly, when so many people support me, I never feel pressure,\u201d Andreeva said, acknowledging the Chinese fans. \u201cI only feel extra strength that is always with me on the court. So, I want to thank you guys for the support.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s always great to play in front of you.\u201d<\/p>\n Bouzas Maneiro actually struck first, breaking for a 2-1 lead in the opening set. But it was short-lived, as Andreeva leveled the score in the next game before later breaking at love to claim the first set.<\/p>\n After trading holds to begin the second set, Andreeva won five straight games to close out the match. Bouzas Maneiro struggled finding consistency throughout, finishing with 54 unforced errors to Andreeva\u2019s 25.<\/p>\n The match ended as Andreeva watched another Bouzas Maneiro shot sail long.<\/p>\n Anyways, here are some notable — and more positive — stats from Andreeva\u2019s third-round victory:<\/p>\n 1: It was her first career victory over Bouzas Maneiro in their inaugural meeting. Andreeva also hit one ace, was broken once and dropped just one game in the second set.<\/p>\n 38: The number of WTA 1000 wins for Andreeva before turning 19, tying Venus Williams for the most since the format\u2019s introduction in 1990.<\/p>\n 40: The number of wins for Andreeva at the WTA level in 2025. The last player to reach that mark in a season before turning 19 was Belinda Bencic in 2015.<\/p>\n 69: Andreeva won 69% of her first-serve points Monday, right in line with her season average of 68.4%. That ranks 11th among WTA players with at least 40 matches played this season prior to Beijing.<\/p>\n 126: The number of break points converted by Andreeva in WTA 1000 events this year, third-most behind Iga Swiatek (140) and Coco Gauff (133).<\/p>\n Andreeva will face either fellow teen sensation Maya Joint or Britain\u2019s Sonay Kartal next in the fourth round. It will be her first career meeting with either player.<\/p>\n A win would send Andreeva to her second consecutive China Open quarterfinal and fifth WTA 1000 quarterfinal of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite earning the nickname \u201cLittle spicy Mirra\u201d from Chinese fans, Mirra Andreeva stayed cool and composed on a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593,5452],"class_list":{"0":"post-177174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}