r/tennis Discussion (Saturday, April 29, 2023)

Kalinskaya barely survived the Brenda Fruhvirtova match and then smoked Rybakina(!) in the next round. If only Brenda didn't have to play an inspired top 60 player we could've had 2 new talents that have the same age breaking through in Madrid. But this Mirra run will definitely help Brenda to go a bit under the radar now, she was carrying all the hype of the next gen before this week. I think these girls will push each other kinda like Noskova/Fruhvirtova are doing. You can see here how Mirra is very competitive she won't want to have a worse ranking than a girl of the same age. If she win this match she will move to (#142) in the WTA ranking. Brenda is #135. I think they will both finish this season comfortably in the top 100.

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