By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Monday, March 10, 2025
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Seventeen-year-old break-out star Mirra Andreeva has been an early-season revelation.
Dubai champion Andreeva is not stunned by her success—she’s too busy sustaining it.
A streaking Andreeva dismissed hobbled WTA ace chief Clara Tauson 6-3, 6-0 in an Indian Wells rematch of final month’s Dubai Obligation Free Tennis Championships ultimate.
It was Andreeva’s eighth straight win and despatched her right into a BNP Paribas Open spherical of 16 conflict vs. former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
The 2024 Roland Garros semifinalist Andreeva mentioned all of the work she’s put in on the apply court docket with coach and former Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez is paying off.
Andreeva is the youngest lady to win eight straight WTA 1000 matches because the introduction of the format in 2009.
“I would not say that I actually stunned myself,” Andreeva mentioned. “I form of felt that eventually it may come, however I simply after all did not count on that it may be this quickly.
“, I take it. It is high-quality. It is higher earlier than later.”
A easy mover who possesses shrewd court docket sense, Andreeva is athletic, serves greater than she appears and might hit her two-handed backhand with precision. Working with coach Conchita, Andreeva is attempting to sharpen her transition abilities and internet sport and strengthen her second serve.
Andreeva mentioned she shared a right away reference to Martinez—a bond that is grown stronger as she’s risen up the rankings to a career-high mark of No. 11.
“On the first match that we went on collectively was already tremendous nice, and I felt very comfy round her,” Andreeva mentioned of Martinez. “I believe she informed me that it was the identical for her, so thank God it is not simply me.
“The ambiance is all the time, I really feel like we’re each very energetic, and, you understand, I really feel like we each know how you can be energetic, however when we have to additionally settle down and take issues critically.
“Yeah, I utterly belief her with every little thing. I believe she is aware of every little thing that is occurring in my life. I do not know if it is good or dangerous, however, no, identical to this. I am simply tremendous glad to have her by my facet.”
After all, Martinez owned the most effective one-handed slice backhands of her period and a dangerous topspin forehand.
Impressed by her coach and Corridor of Famer Martina Hingis, her tennis hero, Andreeva mentioned she’s working to develop an all-court sport.
“I all the time like the way in which Martina Hingis was enjoying. I’ve seen some similarities, I’d say,” Andreeva mentioned. “She’s additionally enjoying sensible. I’d say she performed sensible and I am additionally enjoying sensible as her.
“I am attempting to, you understand, play sensible, however I believe that the distinction is that she was by no means afraid to, you understand, are available in and end the purpose and be extra aggressive.”
Andreeva, who’s fast across the court docket, mentioned she’s studying to make use of her pace as an offensive weapon and transition to internet.
“Now I am simply beginning to learn to do it,” Andreeva mentioned of her efforts to enhance internet play. “ I am simply, you understand, the primary matches of the 12 months I am beginning to, I am attempting to drive myself to complete the purpose on the internet or to go, to step within the court docket.”
