Madison Keys stopped Mira Andreeva from reaching the second quarter-final match at Wimbledon.

 LONDON -- Mira Andreeva's fairytale Wimbledon debut ended when the 16-year-old from Russia was beaten 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 by Madison Keys, who took a  Caught a set and a break to win the fourth-round tie on Monday.

Mira Andreeva

  World No. 102 Andreeva, who was looking to become the youngest player to reach the last eight of a grass-court Grand Slam since Anna Kournikova in 1997, fought bravely against Keys but was eventually overwhelmed by the experienced American.  .

Mira Andreeva

  Keys, 28, opened the match in typically aggressive fashion, breaking serve with powerful returns and groundstrokes to go 2-0 up.

   Keys continued to make a flurry of errors as Andreeva raced to a 3-0 lead in the second, bu

Mira Andreeva
t the 25th seed stepped up her game, putting the match back on serve with a delicate left-handed winner.  Forced a tiebreak.  She won.

  The breaker seemed to be taking the wind out of Andreeva's sails.  Keys took an early 2-0 lead in the third set when Andreeva double-faulted in her opening service game, before breaking her opponent down in just over two hours.

Mira Andreeva

  Keys will next face Aryna Sabalenka, who defeated No. 21 Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 6-0.  Sabalenka, the second seed, won the Australian Open this year and has a 16-1 record in majors going into 2023.

  Also on Monday, defending champion Elena Rybakina was given an easy ride into the Wimbledon quarters when Beatriz Haddad Maia retired midway through the first set with a back injury.

  Rybakina had just broken for a 3-1 lead in the first set when the 13-seed Brazilian bent over in pain and grabbed her back after netting a backhand.

  Haddad Maya called the physio and her back was being manipulated.  After leaving the court for further treatment, she returned to try to restart the match after a 10-minute break.