Andreeva leaves the US Open empty-handed: "I don't know what I can take from this tournament"

Fernando Murciego - 9 Sep 2026 | 23:50
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The Russian said goodbye to the US Open in a press conference where she reflected on her performance, reviewed the two match points, and confessed what she could have done better to defeat Gauff.

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Andreeva, after losing to Gauff: "Maybe I should have taken more risks." Source: Getty

Mirra Andreeva will take a few hours to forget the two match points she had in her hands this Wednesday to defeat Cori Gauff in the quarterfinals of the 2026 US Open. An opportunity that she failed to capitalize on and that ultimately led to her elimination from the tournament.

A tough, cruel loss, one that can push you into a dangerous hole. However, this time the Russian showed great maturity in the press room when it was time to face the music and reflect on her journey in New York. What does she take away from her experience in the tournament? To what extent did those two match points weigh on her throughout the third set? Conchita Martínez's pupil answers it all.

What would Mirra Andreeva change about her match?

“Perhaps to take more risks, I guess. I think at that moment I just wanted to play, I wanted to rally, a longer point. So I think if I had attempted something riskier, to see what would happen, that would be the only thing I would change.”

The virtue of Gauff that ended her

“I think she is somehow more patient than I am. At times she makes fewer mistakes and, obviously, she returns a lot of balls. I think then I am the one who tries to accelerate and makes more mistakes than she does. It's something I will have to keep in mind for the next matches I play against her.”

Not controlling emotions, a fundamental factor

“I think every emotion you show, your opponent is aware of something, but at that moment I felt like I had been holding in my emotions for too long. I didn’t react in many points of the first set, nor in the second after having match points and losing the set. But at one point I felt I needed to let it out. When I let those emotions out, I really didn't think about whether I was showing something to my opponent. I didn't think about it at that moment.”

Mirra Andreeva focuses on the positives from this US Open 2026

“Right now, I don't know. I can't say anything about that. Maybe in a couple of days, but right now it's hard.”

Nerves never help

“I felt that today I was less nervous. I went into the match simply thinking about going for my shots, doing what I had to do. I saw that she was nervous at the beginning, so I tried to take advantage of that. I tried to pressure her more, to go more aggressively for my shots. Then she began to feel better and, at some point, I started making more mistakes. That's tennis. In the end, she was the winner, but today I didn't feel like I was more nervous than usual.”

The two match points she let slip away

“No, I didn't think about it. I tried to think less. I was just trying to focus on each point I had to play. I know that now you tell me she wins many three-set matches, but when I was playing, I didn't think I had to close it out. I didn't think, ‘Oh my God, what will happen if I don't?’ I was just playing point by point.”

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