Krejcikova stuns Andreeva in Wimbledon second-round thriller
Krejcikova saved herself on Centre Court, beating Andreeva in three sets after seven match points and a net-cord winner sealed the 2-hour, 47-minute battle.
Barbora Krejcikova outlasted Mirra Andreeva in a tense Wimbledon second-round match on Centre Court, winning 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 after seven match points and 2 hours, 47 minutes of pressure. The 2024 Wimbledon champion’s victory on July 1 was her biggest on Centre Court since that title run.
Krejcikova won the French Open in 2021 and entered Wimbledon with injuries and personal-life issues having made the previous months especially hard. Andreeva, 19, arrived as the youngest Roland-Garros champion in 34 years and with a tour-leading 37 wins in 2026.
Krejcikova showed why her game translates so well to Wimbledon’s surface. She raced to a 3-0 lead, then let the match tighten before regrouping in the second set. Andreeva saved six match points, including when Krejcikova served for the match at 5-3 in the deciding set, but the Czech kept finding answers.
Andreeva pushed the rally wide with a sliced backhand, Krejcikova’s seventh match point came up, and a net cord sent the ball awkwardly in her favor for the winner. Andreeva was left emotional, first throwing her racket in disgust and later smashing it into her bag before leaving Centre Court. She said the loss would take time to absorb and pointed to her serve and mistakes as the main reasons for the defeat, while also acknowledging how grass had complicated her timing on slices and drop shots.
Krejcikova told the Centre Court crowd she was proud to win on “the best court in the world.” The result moved her into the third round against another Czech player, Nikola Bartunkova.
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