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Mirra Andrejewa overturned a 1:5 deficit in the third set

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Last year Mirra Andrejewa played with the juniors in Melbourne.

Now she is among the women – and is causing a sensation.

The 16-year-old Russian was close to elimination against Frenchwoman Diane Parry, but when she was 1:5 behind in the third set and had a match point against her, she made a phenomenal comeback and won 1:6, 6:1, 7:6 ( 10:5).

“Winner,” wrote three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray on

"I'll try to print it out and take it with me everywhere," Andreyeva said with a laugh. Murray is one of her idols: "I'll maybe hang it on the wall so I can see it every day."

Andrejewa, who knocked out world number six Ons Jabeur with an outstanding performance in the second round, reached the round of 16 for the second time at a Grand Slam.

There she will meet ninth-seeded Czech Barbora Krejčíková or Australian Storm Hunter.

Djokovic is getting going

In his 100th game at the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic found his way back to his old strength and played like a top favorite in Melbourne for the first time this year.

The world number one, who has already won the Grand Slam opener ten times, clearly won in the third round against the Argentinian Tomás Martín Etcheverry 6:3, 6:3, 7:6 (7:2).

After two difficult successes in the previous two rounds, Djokovic was not in danger this time in the Rod Laver Arena and converted his first match point after 2:28 hours.

“That was my best performance in this tournament,” said Djokovic happily after the game.

Zverev is allowed to play in the Rod Laver Arena

Alexander Zverev wants to follow Djokovic into the round of 16 this Saturday.

The organizers somewhat surprisingly scheduled the third round match against the American Alex Michelsen as the second game in the night session (9 a.m., TV: Eurosport) in the Rod Laver Arena.

Before that, the Polish world number one Iga Świątek and the Czech Linda Nosková will play against each other in the largest stadium in Melbourne Park.

“I know that I have to continue to improve,” said Zverev.

On Thursday he beat the Slovakian qualifier Lukas Klein with a lot of effort after 4:30 hours in five sets.

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