


Mirra Andreeva is going to have to wait for another chance at a Grand Slam.
The 16-year-old Russian’s Cinderella run at Wimbledon ended on Monday after she lost a three-set match to American Madison Keys.
But it was Andreeva’s racket-slamming antics and a refusal to shake the umpire’s hand that concluded the match on a sour and controversial note.
Trailing five games to two at deuce in the decisive set, Andreeva appeared to lose her footing and throw her racket, causing chair umpire Julie Kjendlie to issue a point penalty, which gave Keys, 28, a match point in a crucial swing.
Andreeva — who had already been warned by the umpire after slinging her racket following the second set tie-break — tried to plead her case with the umpire.
“Do you understand what you are doing? I didn’t throw the racket. I slid,” Andreeva said to Kjendlie. “It’s the wrong decision. I slid and then I fell.”
Keys won the match one point later, completing the comeback victory, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Andreeva, seemingly still irked by the umpire’s decision to dock her one point during the match’s most important stage, quickly shook hands with Keys but walked straight past the umpire following the conclusion of the match, seemingly refusing to acknowledge Kjendlie.

It wasn’t the first time the Russian phenom had jeopardized her play with a controversial outburst.
At the French Open earlier this year, Andreeva slammed a ball into the crowd in a third-round match against American Coco Gauff, a decision the Russian later called “really stupid,” and narrowly avoided receiving a default for.
Andreeva was attempting to become the youngest woman since Anna Kournikova in 1997 to make the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, but Keys’ surge from a set and 4-1 down prevented that Monday.

Keys will face second seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the quarterfinals.
The fourth round is the furthest Andreeva has reached in a Grand Slam.