"My number one goal would be to claim the top 10": Mirra Andreeva set sights on 2025 season

Mirra Andreeva recognized that her main goal for the season is to break into the top 10, placing her trust in her partnership with former Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez to help her take a significant step forward on the WTA Tour.

The Russian teenager made a remarkable debut at the Australian Open by defeating Marie Bouzkova and continues her strong start to the season. Andreeva reached the semi-finals at the Brisbane International, where she fell to Aryna Sabalenka, and has now advanced to the second round in Melbourne.

Currently at a career-high ranking of world No. 15, Andreeva claimed her first title at the Iasi Open last year and achieved her best Grand Slam performance by reaching the French Open 2024 semi-finals, where she lost to Jasmine Paolini.

In an interview with Arab News, Andreeva spoke about her season's major goal: breaking into the best 10 players Ranking. “I would say that my number one goal would be to claim the top 10, just to secure myself there and of course, I think as every other player on tour, I would like to win some titles,” the 17-year-old star stated. “I worked very hard in the preseason, and I will continue working hard for it. So I’m just hoping that the hard work will pay off, and I’ll do everything possible for this.”

Andreeva also spoke about her work with Conchita Martinez, who has been coaching her since the beginning of the 2024 clay-court swing. The Russian player acknowledged the former world No. 2's influence on her development and joked about their good relationship. “I think that she brings more fun. I’ve never really been too serious on court,” Andreeva said of her Spanish coach.

“I always did what I wanted, I didn’t really have a plan for any match, I would just go. She was asking me a couple of weeks ago, ‘Okay, you’re playing a set right now, what’s your plan?’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know, I’m just going to go and see, I don’t know, I’m going to decide.’ And she’s like, ‘Mirra, but you cannot play like this.’ And I’m like, ‘But I always play like this.’

“So she’s like, ‘Okay, you’re right, just go.’ And that’s how I think she brings more fun, she brings more positivity 100 percent, because before I also tended to be a bit hard on myself, so she’s also helping me to deal with it, and it’s just a bit easier this way,” Andreeva concluded.