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"She’s like a wall so it’s hard to get through": Hingis lauds praise on 'disciplined' and focused 16-year-old Andreeva
WTAWednesday, 12 July 2023 at 12:00
Former world number one Martina Hingis is full of praise for Russia’s young tennis star Mirra Andreeva.
The 16-year-old has impressed everyone during the 2023 Wimbledon where she was eventually knocked out from the round of 16 after losing to America’s Madison Keys with a score of 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 on Monday.
The five-time Grand Slam winner Hingis heaped praise on Andreeva, who according to her is ‘very disciplined’ despite her young age.
“I’ve seen a lot of her because she played a couple of ITF tournaments in Switzerland,” she said. “So I saw when she made this little breakthrough, then fourth round in Madrid, qualifying at the French, here fourth round. It’s great to see a 16-year-old doing so well.
I like her game, she’s a pretty girl and it’s nice to see, also for the people, to see someone like this, to see that it’s still possible being young and doing well. She’s very disciplined. She focuses well, she’s got all the shots. Sometimes, when I have watched her, she’s quite far behind.
“In that way, she’s not like me, I mean, I would like to see her being more aggressive and pushing (the issue), but she doesn’t miss, she’s like a wall so it’s hard to get through her. It’s something that she can maybe improve in the future to take more charge and and attack when she has the chance to do it.”
Although she exited the competition in the fourth round, the Krasnoyarsk-born produced some impressive results. In the round of 128, she defeated Wang Xiyu of China with a score of 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.
In the second round, she was awarded a walkover against Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova. In that game, Andreeva won the first set with a score of 6-3 and was leading in the second (4-0).
In the third round, the youngster outclassed fellow Russian Anastasia Potapova with a score of 6-2, 7-5.
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