"She was actually the first one": Mirra Andreeva names 'only female' player to offer support in early days

Russia’s young tennis sensation Mirra Andreeva has opened up the nice gestures from Canada’s Bianca Andreescu during her early playing days. The 17-year-old is regarded as the one for the future and has already put in some impressive performances.

Andreeva, most recently, featured at the WTA 1000 event — Indian Wells—where she defeated the reigning world number one in the final with a score of 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. While doing so, she achieved a lot of small milestones on her way. She became the third-youngest player to win the women’s singles title at the Indian Wells. She also becomes the second-youngest player to win the WTA 1000 event or a Grand Slam by beating the world number one and two in the semifinal and final. Before getting the better of Sabalenka in the final, Andreeva defeated reigning world number two Iga Swiatek in the semifinal with a score of 7-6, 1-6, 6-3.

Andreeva has been recently quoted in a report where she talked about the nice gesture from Canada’s Andreescu during her early playing days. The reigning world number six stated that the 24-year-old was the only woman player who messaged her and offered her any assistance. She revealed that Andreescu also messaged her after the Indian Wells triumph.

“It was my first tournament in Madrid and it was kind of a breakthrough tournament and I lost in the R16 and after, I think even during the tournament I got a message from Bianca Andreescu and she was actually the first one and I think the only female tennis player that texted me and she said that if I need any advice or any support I can always reach out to her and we can have a chat or a call or whatever, so she was super nice about it," she said. "She also texted me after I won the tournament [Indian Wells] she told me some nice words."