Andreeva claims bittersweet win to reach the US Open quarter-finals

[p]The 19-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Andreeva[/a] had her opponent on the ‌ropes when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/potapova-anastasia/x81l09qG/"]Potapova[/a] went down with an apparent ‌leg injury late in the match, putting a disappointing end ‌to an otherwise competitive affair.[/p][p]"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."[/p][p]The Roland Garros winner will next play ​the winner of an all-American clash between [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jovic-iva/bmWvBlnL/"]Iva Jovic[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a].[/p][infobox id="3dc51b3a-107f-482b-9173-a97d347ef1b3" /][p]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.[/p][p]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.[/p][p]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.[/p][p]She ​lay on the court for several minutes as ‌a physio taped up her leg and valiantly finished the match, as Andreeva clinched it with a backhand winner before going to the other side of the court to embrace her opponent.[/p][p]"She's a better fighter ⁠than me so I'm ⁠sure she's going to ‌come back even stronger," said Andreeva.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/andreeva-m-lI6fOOat/potapova-a-x81l09qG/?mid=CreGc0OM"]Click here for match stats and more[/a][/b][/p][embed guid="66a95726-a66d-4098-bb70-ee9939e98ba3" url="https://x.com/usopen/status/2097017882630664288" social-type="twitter" /]