Mirra Andreeva dismantles Sorana Cirstea to move into French Open semi-finals

[p]The Russian eighth seed needed just under an hour on Court Philippe Chatrier to reach the last four at Roland Garros for the second time in three years.[/p][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/andreeva-m-lI6fOOat/cirstea-s-fBPsm3Iq/?mid=Esb5o0eA"]crushing win[/a] brought to an end a fairytale run for 36-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cirstea-sorana/fBPsm3Iq/"]Cirstea[/a], who will retire at the end of the season. The in-form Romanian reached the quarter-finals in Paris for the first time since 2009.[/p][p][b]"I knew that this match wouldn't be easy and I'd have to put 200% of my focus to win,"[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Andreeva[/a] said.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="d26bf3a1-0b2a-4098-a278-6e10f5f52e9b" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="9fa02fa4-d111-47ba-8bae-437a10ef6bbf" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][b]"I'm super happy I was able to do it and tried to play aggressive throughout the whole match."[/b][/p][p]Andreeva will next face the winner of the all-Ukrainian last-eight match-up between [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-elina/jyngIesG/"]Elina Svitolina[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kostyuk-marta/8CZqQdSa/"]Marta Kostyuk[/a].[/p]