Age no bar for Mirra Andreeva as she beats sixth seed Ons Jabeur at Australian Open

At the highest level of a sport, the margins are usually slim and momentum shifts are always around the corner. But in her 6-0, 6-2 win against a three-time Major finalist, that took merely 54 minutes, Andreeva displayed the sort of ruthlessness one would expect to see when a multiple-time Grand Slam champion takes on a youngster like herself.

As impressive as her shotmaking was the composure in her decision-making, with the Russian hardly ever looking rushed throughout the match. Her movement was explosive, which forced Jabeur to make an extra shot consistently, but the maturity with which she picked her angles was what really stood out.

Jabeur, who had suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the Wimbledon final last year, has had an underwhelming run over the past six months. She won the WTA 250 event in Ningbo but didn’t go past the quarter-final stage in the other seven tournaments she played during this period. Competing in her first event since the WTA Finals last November, the Tunisian made 24 unforced errors and never really found rhythm on Wednesday.