The key statistic from Mirra Andreeva’s clash with Ekaterina Alexandrova in Beijing: 7-6(4) 7-6(3). Both sets went to a tiebreak, and Andreeva came out on top both times. According to api.tennis, the head-to-head match took place on October 8, 2026, in the quarterfinal of a WTA-1000 tournament.
A match on a knife-edge
This quarterfinal looked very different from the previous rounds. Andreeva beat Daria Snigur 6-2 6-2 and Polina Kudermetova 6-4 6-1. Alexandrova was the first opponent in Beijing to force Mirra to decide both sets at the end. Andreeva conceded four and three points to her opponent in the tiebreaks, respectively. This continues the trend from the US Open, where Andreeva won a tiebreak 7-6(7) against Nikola Bartunkova.
Andreeva’s week in Beijing
The tournament began with a lost set: Yue Yuan took the first set 6-3. Andreeva then won two sets 6-0 6-0 and did not drop another set through the end of the quarterfinal. The result: one set lost in four matches in Beijing.
The quarterfinal hurdle
The season in numbers
In singles, Andreeva has 49 wins and 15 losses in 2026, along with two titles and four finals. Her doubles record is 12-3. According to rank.tennis, she is ranked No. 5 in the WTA rankings with 5841 points, while she is up to No. 4 in the live rankings with 6111 points. In total, api.tennis records 225 career wins for her.
The head-to-head against Alexandrova showed the key thing: in a tight match decided by tiebreaks, Andreeva won both closing stages. That saw her get past the stage where she had stumbled at her two previous tournaments.