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She has only a few months of her adult career behind her, yet tennis player Mirra Andrejevová is making waves on the circuit. The Siberian teenager made it through the Wimbledon qualifiers and is already in the third round, which she reached over the injured Barbora Krejčíková.

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See how Karolína Muchová and Barbora Krejčíková finished at Wimbledon on Thursday | Video: Associated Press

London (from our correspondent) – Mirra Andrejeva is followed at every step of the All England Club by the cameras of the streaming giant Netflix.

For the next season, the documentarians creating the series Break Point obviously bet on the story of the only sixteen-year-old Russian prodigy.

They can’t be surprised.

Andrejevová has an unbelievable record of 27 wins out of 30 duels this year. She got excited in Madrid, at Roland Garros, and now she has the famous Wimbledon around her finger with her tennis and outgoing demeanor.

Just like in Paris, the girl from Krasnoyarsk, a million-strong city located on the Yenisei River and the Trans-Siberian highway, flew through the qualifying grid and on the grass courts. And just like in Paris, she has already reached the third round.

On Thursday, the Czech favorite Barbora Krejčíková scratched her match due to an ankle injury at the score of 3:6, 0:4.

Both tennis players took turns in the press center shortly after each other. While the Czech could not hold back tears and struggled to find words, the young Russian beamed with happiness, even though she began her speech by pitying her opponent.

“Of course, I am very happy for the win, but this is not the way I would like to win. She had problems with her leg, I wish her a speedy recovery. I saw how hard she is having moments,” stated Andrejevová

Despite Krejčíková’s indisposition, her level of tennis impressed again. Especially when it is her first grass tournament in her life. In the first round of qualification, she played her first match on grass here.

“In the first days it was difficult for me to find a rhythm. And now it’s not bad,” she said, and pleasantly struck a patriotic chord with the British.

“Compared to the French Open, it’s beautiful here. Just wow. So traditional. The French Open is kind of ordinary, but here it’s white clothes, green grass, strawberries. I like Wimbledon a lot more,” she laughed.

She also spoke about Netflix’s interest. “They’re following me. They’re probably around here somewhere, I don’t know,” she looked around the room.

“But they’re really nice people. They don’t want anything bad for me. If I don’t want to be filmed that day, they’re fine with it. Like just yesterday, I was very nervous and felt uncomfortable and stressed. They just left and gave me space ,” Andrejevová said.

Mirra Andrejevová. | Photo: Reuters

Her platonic “romance” with Andy Murray also continues.

It started already in Madrid, where the Russian broke down the presenters of the Tennis Channel, when in an interview she admired Murray’s “beautiful face”, which she saw live for the first time.

The 36-year-old British champion jokingly responded on Twitter: “Imagine how good she’ll be when she gets her eyes done.”

In Paris, she subsequently revealed that she is already in direct telephone contact with her role model. They congratulated each other on their tennis successes.

Now journalists asked about the development again. “I met him here. But I’m too shy to talk to him. When I see him, I try to hide quickly and leave the area in a flash, just so I don’t have to talk to him,” laughed the 102nd ranked player in the world.

She will challenge compatriot Anastasia Potapova in the third round of Wimbledon on Saturday.

2023-07-07 08:13:20
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