In her conversation with socialbites.ca, the former world number two among juniors Anastasia Pivovarova explained how the reputation of 16-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva puts psychological pressure on her rivals.
“Many tennis players are afraid of Mirra Andreeva because they know what she can do, how brilliant her tennis is, what a fearless girl she is and how she goes to her goal. When you play against such players, you may not be able to play your best tennis due to fear.
It makes me very happy to see how wise and experienced Mirra is despite her age: what kind of interviews she gives, what a bright personality she is. Tennis really needs such athletes. They attract attention and make the sport interesting.
Mirra deserves all the awards. She is a great girl and she is only 16 years old and is achieving great results. So far, all this attention hasn’t discouraged him, but rather motivated him to do more. We will support and wait for new records. I am sure that Mirra will not be satisfied with these results and will go even further and take the top places in the rankings,” said Pivovarova.
In the second round of the Australian Open, Mirra Andreeva defeated the world’s sixth racket, Ons Jabeur, with scores of 6:0 and 6:2. The Russian tennis player became the youngest tennis player in history to win the first set with a score of 6:0 against an opponent in the top 10 in a Grand Slam tournament.
Previously, the sudden victory of the 16-year-old Russian woman against the world’s 6th racket attributed to depression rivals.