“She’s closer in age to Mirra’s grandparents” – Venus Williams and Mirra Andreeva’s matchup in Cleveland has fans come up with hilarious reactions owing to their 27-years age gap

Tennis fans react to the highly contrasting matchup between 16-year old Mirra Andreeva and Serena Williams in Tennis in the Land.

“She’s closer in age to Mirra’s grandparents” – Venus Williams and Mirra Andreeva’s matchup in Cleveland has fans come up with hilarious reactions owing to their 27-years age gap

(L) Mirra Andreeva, (R) Venus Williams (Image via ALAN CROWHURST/BLOOMBERG NEWS)

Russia’s 16-year-old tennis prodigy, Mirra Andreeva, will be taking on one of the most experienced Women’s tennis players currently, i.e., Venus Williams, tomorrow in the Round of 32 of the Tennis in the Land tournament. Tennis fans from across the world have reacted very differently to this matchup, as Venus, after all, is 43 years old and there is a stunning 27-year age gap between the two. 

Needless to mention, there is a massive difference in experience between the two. To give more context to the matchup, the year Mirra Andreeva was born after Venus Williams won her fourth Wimbledon. Most of the fans are expecting the teenager to get schooled by the American tennis sensation. 

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Andreeva’s performances this season can only be called decent. She reached the Round of 16 of the Madrid, Paris, and Wimbledon Opens earlier this year while seeing an early Round 3 exit in the French Open. However, when considering the current forms of these two players, baby Mirra is still well off, as Venus’ recent record has been below par this season. It is thus difficult to rule out the chances of Mirra Andreeva beating the legend. 

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Whatever the case, the fans are clearly not satisfied with the two being put in the same draw. A particular fan pointed out that Venus Williams is closer to Mirra Andreeva’s grandparents’ age than hers! Some fans even reminded of the time when 14-year-old Naomi Osaka faced 44-year-old Kimiko Date and the latter emerged victorious.

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Twitter reacts to 46-year-old Venus Williams facing 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva 

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Venus Williams (Image via Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Mirra Andreeva, who currently stands at the 67th position on the WTA rankings, has never faced the experienced Serena Williams yet and this will be their first encounter. It will definitely be a match worth watching. Take a look at how tennis fans on X (formerly known as Twitter) reacted to this matchup. 

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Despite being out of form, Venus Williams recently made headlines as she beat World No. 16 Veronika Kudermetova in the first round of the Cincinnati Open. This was the first time in four years that she beat a top-20 player. Unfortunately, she lost in the second round itself after losing to Q. Zheng. 

Mirra Andreeva, on the other hand, opted out of the Cincinnati Open. Fans last saw her in the Ladies Open Lausanne, where she registered a dominating win over Dayana Yastremska in the second round but unfortunately lost her round-of-16 match. 

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