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title: "Krejcikova Stuns French Open Champion Andreeva at Wimbledon"
description: "Barbora Krejcikova, the 2024 Wimbledon champion who arrived at the All England Club unseeded this year, came from a set down to beat fifth seed Mirra Andreeva 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the second round, denying the 19-year-old French Open champion after Andreeva fought off six match points."
category: "Sports"
category_url: https://herald.la/category/sports
author: "Camila Reyes"
published: 2026-07-02T07:59:21.000Z
updated: 2026-07-02T07:59:21.000Z
canonical: https://herald.la/article/krejcikova-stuns-french-open-champion-andreeva-at-wimbledon
tags: ["Wimbledon", "tennis", "Krejcikova", "Andreeva", "WTA", "sports"]
---
# Krejcikova Stuns French Open Champion Andreeva at Wimbledon

Barbora Krejcikova, the 2024 Wimbledon champion who arrived at the All England Club unseeded this year, came from a set down to beat fifth seed Mirra Andreeva 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the second round, denying the 19-year-old French Open champion after Andreeva fought off six match points.

One of the more dramatic matches of the early Wimbledon fortnight went the way of a former champion on Wednesday, as Barbora Krejcikova outlasted Mirra Andreeva, the tournament's fifth seed and the reigning French Open winner, in a three-set second-round thriller.

## The comeback

Krejcikova, who lifted the Wimbledon trophy in 2024 but came into this year's Championships unseeded after a slide down the rankings, lost the opening set 6-4 before turning the match around, [Tennis Majors reported](https://www.tennismajors.com/wimbledon-news/mirra-andreeva-saves-six-match-points-but-falls-to-krejcikova-in-wimbledon-thriller-854862.html). She took the second 7-5 and edged the decider 6-4 to advance, [in what The Washington Post described as an upset](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/tennis/2026/07/01/wimbledon-day-3-results-osaka-sinner-djokovic/) over one of the sport's fastest-rising players.

The most fraught passage came as Krejcikova tried to close it out. Reaching match point repeatedly, she saw Andreeva fend off six of them before the Czech finally converted, [according to Outlook India's account](https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/tennis/barbora-krejcikova-vs-mirra-andreeva-wimbledon-2026-grand-slam-womens-singles-second-round-updates-highlights). Krejcikova moves into the third round on the grass she has, in the past, made her own.

## A hard afternoon for Andreeva

For Andreeva, 19, who won the French Open earlier this season and came in among the favorites, the defeat was a bruising one. She grew visibly frustrated on court — at one point directing her anger at herself — and was tearful when she met reporters afterward, saying it would take her "some time" to move past the loss. She is a young player at the start of what many expect to be a long career, and the disappointment reflected how close she had come rather than any lack of quality.

## Around the draw

Elsewhere in the women's event, results ran closer to form. Naomi Osaka moved into the third round with a straightforward win over Anastasia Gasanova, and American seventh seed Coco Gauff survived a scare against qualifier Solana Sierra, coming through 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 after saving the match in a tense final-set tiebreak. But it was Krejcikova's revival — a former champion, written off by the seedings, finding her level again on the game's biggest grass-court stage — that gave the day its headline.

## Sources

- [Mirra Andreeva saves six match points but falls to Krejcikova in Wimbledon thriller](https://www.tennismajors.com/wimbledon-news/mirra-andreeva-saves-six-match-points-but-falls-to-krejcikova-in-wimbledon-thriller-854862.html)
- [Krejcikova beats French Open winner Andreeva in Wimbledon upset](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/tennis/2026/07/01/wimbledon-day-3-results-osaka-sinner-djokovic/)
- [Barbora Krejcikova stuns Andreeva to reach round three — highlights](https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/tennis/barbora-krejcikova-vs-mirra-andreeva-wimbledon-2026-grand-slam-womens-singles-second-round-updates-highlights)