Maria Sakkari Vs Mirra Andreeva Highlights, Australian Open 2026: Teenager Storms Into Second Round With Emphatic Win

Mirra Andreeva's match against Maria Sakkari will get underway at 1:40pm IST on the Margaret Court Arena.

That's a really good start by Mirra Andreeva. The Russian teenager, seeded eighth, has surged to a double-break lead over Greece’s Maria Sakkari in the first set. Andreeva takes a 4-0 lead in the opening set.

Maria Sakkari, who has been a world No.3 is having a hard time on the Margaret Court Arena as Andreeva has taken a five point lead and is now serving for the set.

That's the set! What a splendid start for Mirra Andreeva as she grabs a bagel against her Maria Sakkari. She completely dominated the first set and makes a huge statement to the other top ten seeds.

Mirra Andreeva carries on with her winning streak and clinches the first game of the second set. Maria Sakkari is looking completely distraught as she vens out her frustration by whacking down her raquet in anger.

That's some comeback by Maria Sakkari. After losing seven consecutive games, Sakkari is now back in the game with 3 back-to-back wins. What's was looking a one-sided affair is finally turning a bit competitve and it shows in the changed body language of Sakkari.

Set 2

Sakkari 4 : 3 Andreeva

When it looked like Sakkari is making some serious inroads in the match, Andreeva regained her ascendency in the match and got the better of Sakkari with some huge forehand hits. Andreeva is serving for match now.

Set 2

Sakkari 4 : 5 Andreeva

That's it, that's the match for Mirra Andreeva! She moves into the third round of the Australian Open. The first set turned out to be a walk in the park, but Sakkari showed some fight in the second set that forced Andreeva to toil hard; however, she overpowered the former World No. 3 in the end.

The teenager now two big games going her way - first Donna Vekic and now Maria Sakkari.

That's a wrap from our end. We'll be back with another blog soon, until then, bye bye.