French Open | 'Almost began to have flashbacks of last year, but I stayed in the zone': Andreeva

Mirra Andreeva returns to Sorana Cirstea on Tuesday. Pic/AFP

Mirra Andreeva outclassed Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-3 to book her spot in the semi-finals of the French Open on Tuesday, a year on from her painful defeat at the same stage.

The Russian eighth seed needed just under an hour to reach the last four. Andreeva, 19, reached the last eight in 2025 before falling in straight sets to French sensation Lois Boisson.

When rain began to fall on Tuesday and Andreeva realised the match would take place under a closed roof, she said she immediately started having flashbacks to her bad-tempered loss from 12 months ago.

"Since it was raining, and I knew that we would play with a closed roof. I was just having flashbacks," she said. However, she need not have worried as she flew out of the traps to race through the first set 24 minutes.

"[Despite the flashbacks] I just found myself being very focused, very aggressive. I was just in the zone," she added. Andreeva will face 15th seed Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine in the last four.

Meanwhile, in the men's singles, Germany's Alexander Zverev beat Spain's Rafael Jodar 7-6 (7-3), 6-1, 6-3 in the quarter-finals.

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