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Mirra Andreeva eases past Marie Bouzkova into French Open fourth round

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Published 3 weeks ago

Women's eighth seed Mirra Andreeva blew past Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 6-2 in the third round at the French Open on Friday.

[p]The 19-year-old Russian survived a break point in the sixth game of the match before breaking herself in the ninth. She then served out comfortably for the set.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Andreeva[/a] immediately broke the Czech again to start the second set and then broke again, to love, in the seventh game as she [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/andreeva-m-lI6fOOat/bouzkova-m-WMS3AdAb/?mid=YatE7zdU"]won in one hour 35 minutes[/a].[/p][p][b]"I was very happy I was able to close the first set despite missing some shots,"[/b] said Andreeva on court at the end. [b]"Very happy I was able to play aggressive throughout the match."[/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="43d90fc9-d9c1-46b1-aafc-3cca071a39a1" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="5fcfec33-8135-4c58-a59e-831a8cfa3b00" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Andreeva said the first-week heat wave suited her game and she preferred playing in the afternoon before the courts cooled.[/p][p][b]"When it's hot and its sunny I feel I have an advantage because when the ball is bouncing I can get a better shape on it,"[/b] she said.[/p]

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