Mirra Andreeva confesses to ‘running away’ after spotting Andy Murray as the teen continues her run at Wimbledon
Young Russian tennis sensation Mirra Andreeva opens up about how she feels shy whenever she sees Andy Murray in the building.
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Andy Murray (left) and Mirra Andreeva(right).
Russian youngster Mirra Andreeva who has received widespread recognition after her recent success in the French Open 2023 has now been conquering hearts after making it to the third round of the ongoing Wimbledon Championships. She shocked the world by beating a much more highly-ranked opponent Barbora Krejcikova though the Czech player retired midway through the match.
Mirra Andreeva made her way through the qualifying round by beating Rosa Vicens Mas, Chloe Paquet, and Korpatsch and then beat Wang Xiyu in the first-round matchup by 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. She has now talked about her past experience with four-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray which has now led her to shy away from him as soon as she sees her in the building.
There was a short exchange of words between her and Murray when Mirra called him, “beautiful”, and the Brit replied saying, “Imagine how good she’s going to be when she gets her eyes fixed.” She also congratulated him after his success at the ATP Aix-en-Provence Challenger saying, “Congratulations” to which Andy replied saying, “Thank you, and good luck in Roland Garros.”
Where does young Russian sensation Mirra Andreeva go on from here?
Mirra Andreeva has played some of the top tennis players in the world and has shown great determination against them. She started her professional career in this year’s Madrid Open where she made it to the fourth round after beating the likes of Leylah Annie Fernandez, Beatriz Haddad Maia, and Magda Linette. She finally lost in the round of 16 stage against eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka.
She also already picked up 21 victories losing only two matches at the professional level this year and at the ongoing Wimbledon, she now looks to get into the round of 16 stage as well.
Having reached World No. 114, she said, “Honestly, now I don’t have any goals. I just play. But now the first goal maybe it’s to be in a major of US Open, but we will see if I can do that. For now, I guess that’s it. I will just play, and we will see what will happen.”
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