“I met Andy Murray, but I’m too shy to talk to him!” Mirra Andreeva on her Wimbledon so far
Mirra Andreeva is enjoying her first time in the Wimbledon main draw for all sorts of reasons
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Mirra Andreeva is enjoying her first career experience on grass courts – now that she’s understanding the bounce and slide a bit better.
“It’s just my fifth match,” she said after reaching the third round due to Barbora Krejcikova’s mid-match retirement. “I like the grass so far. I’m not playing that bad.”
The 16-year-old is apparently a fan of all the Wimbledon traditions, enthusing: “It’s definitely different compared to the other slams I’ve played. Compared to French Open, it’s like wow, super beautiful here. It’s super traditional. French Open is, like, I don’t know, kind of simple, and here everything is like the white clothes, the grass, the strawberries, of course. I don’t know. The Wimbledon, I like it much better so far!”
Andreeva: It’s a dream to play on Centre Court
If she gets the chance to play on Centre Court, she says she will push aside any nerves she might anticipate.
“I would say that before I would be definitely scared to play on the Centre Court, but now I want to play on the court with tribunes. If maybe the supervisors will see this press conference, I will tell straightaway I want to play on the court with tribunes. At least Court 3, I will be super happy.
“Yeah, [if] they put me on the Centre Court, it will be amazing because it’s also kind of a dream to play there. I didn’t play there yet, so… But we will see.”
And there’s a particular two-time Wimbledon champion that she admires – and who she’s had the chance to meet in SW19…even if she didn’t quite have a chat with him.
“I met Andy Murray here, but I’m too shy to talk to him,” she admitted with a grin. “When I see him, I try to leave the facility super quick just to not to talk to him because I’m super shy!”
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