Mirra Andrejew has a great period behind her. Not only that last month she triumphed in the tournament in Dubai, but on the way she beat, among others Market Vondrousova, Jelena Rybakina and above all Iga Świątek. He also confirms the impressive form during the competition in Indian Wells, where she has already reached the quarter -finals.
Andrejew confessed what she was thinking about rivalry with a Ukrainian woman. Honest words
The 17-year-old after defeating Warwary Player, Clary Tauson and again Jelena Rybakina will now face Elina Switolina, who unexpectedly eliminated Jessica Pegulu on Tuesday. It is hard to deny that it will be a difficult meeting, considering that the Ukrainian woman has often been in favor of excluding Russians and Belarusians from the competition.
– It's difficult for us. We are who we are, and our country is at war, it suffers a lot – Roland Garros announced after losing the quarter -finals in 2023 with Aryna Sabalenka. Soon after, she did not give the current leader of the world hand ranking at the net. “Finally, both players went into the net, but the Ukrainian woman does not give their hand to rivals from Russia and Belarus. She did not do exception to the exception” – this time ” – We wrote then at Sport.pl.
Despite the approach of Switolina, Mirrir Andrejew is going to focus only on the court. “Of course, I know it's not easy,” she admitted at a press conference. – But I have already played a few times with Ukrainian players. I just try not to think about it. I just want to focus on the game, keep in consistently to stick to the plan and prepare mentally for the match – she explained.
One of the journalists asked: does he treat this meeting like any other? – Yes, I will try to prepare for him, as for everyone else and nothing changes. I stick to what I did last week – she said.
As for Iga Świątek, in the quarter -finals of the competition she will have a clash with Qinwen Zheng. It will be an opportunity for her to revenge the rival for the losing the semi -final of the Olympic Games in Paris. – I have to draw conclusions from our last match and see how she is playing now. I feel that I am coming back in shape and try to put pressure on my opponents. But I wouldn't say I'm changing something – She summed up.