Mirra Andreeva, who is the Russian tennis player followed at Wimbledon by Netflix-Corriere.it

From the first day to Wimbledon keep 15 photos taken within a mobile phone Center Court empty, contemplated with the enchanted eyes of a little girl. Mirra Andreeva, a Russian tennis player born in 2007, reached the third round on London grass and now dreams of bums, slices and backhands on the most prestigious stage. She is 16 years old but her personality is not lacking: If any supervisor were to hear me – her words after her success on Krejcikova, number 10 in the world forced to retire – I would tell him that I would love to play on a field with stands. #3 would be fine too. Just six months ago she lost the final of the Australian Open juniors against her best friend and doubles partner Alina Korneeva. After that defeat, a match that lasted three hours and 18 minutes, she said she cried for a week. Since then he has climbed over 200 positions in the standings, winning the $60,000 tournaments in Chiasso and Bellinzona and reaching the round of 16 in Madrid and the third round at Roland Garros.

He wants to win more Grand Slams than Djokovic and he loves Murray

In France, with his usual carefree smile, he displayed all his simplicity: My dream is to win Grand Slams. How many? Well, more than Djokovic. 24, maybe 25…. A year earlier he had met him backstage at the Court Suzanne Lenglen while the Serbian was reaching the dressing room humming thoughtfully. Long been his idol: Then I saw Nadal win Roland Garros in 2022 and it changed everything. Him in first place, Federer in second. But Andreeva also has a soft spot for the former fab four Andy Murray: so beautiful…, let yourself escape in the euphoria of Madrid. The Scotsman, amused, first wrote her a message of good luck for Roland Garros and then failed to hold back her unfailing humor:
very strong right now. Think about what I will be able to do when I fix my eyesight.

Choice by Netflix

Such was the enthusiasm around this prodigy that she was followed by the cameras of London Netflix. A crew is tailing her everywhere and have drawn her as the protagonist for an episode of Breakpointsdocuseries that tells anecdotes and background of tennis players during major tournaments along the lines of Formula 1: Drive to Survive. At Wimbledon, starting from qualifying, she has already won 5 matches, losing only a couple of sets. To fly in the second week, he must beat his compatriot

Anastasia Potapova

number 22 in the world who in March made people talk about sa Miami for entering the field with the Sparatak Moscow shirt, a gesture considered excessively political, and who in October had beaten the 15-year-old Mirra in her very first WTA match.

Family of tennis players. And that comparison with Sharapova

There are two of Andreeva on the most prestigious tennis courts. Mirra and her sister Erika, 19, who failed to enter the main draw at Wimbledon. The two moved in from a year to Canneswhere they are followed by Jean-Ren Lisnard and Jean-Christophe Faurel, former coach of Coco Gauff. On the other hand, in the Côte d’Azur there is a decidedly more favorable climate compared to Krasnoyarskin Siberia, where the mother of the prodigy sisters — Raisa — fell in love with tennis admiring the triumph of Safin garlic Australia Open 2005. The comparison destined to last for a long time for Mirra the one with another Siberian blossomed girl, that is Maria Sharapovato. She the latter became number one in the world at 18. There is still time to emulate it, or beat it.