Wimbledon: Mirra Andreeva, a Russian teen star, stated she saw her idol Andy Murray at Wimbledon but was too scared to talk to him.
The 16-year-old recently said that the two-time champion was a fortunate charm when he sent her a good luck message in response to Andreeva’s description of him as “beautiful” in Madrid.
She progressed to the fourth round in the Spanish capital, and more good fortune may be on the way in SW19, where she entered the third round when her opponent, Barbora Krejcikova, retired injured in their second-round match.
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But, despite meeting Murray, she couldn’t bring herself to say anything.
“I met Andy Murray here,” said Andreeva, who was 6-3, 4-0 ahead when the former French Open champion was unable to continue. But I’m too shy to approach him.
“When I see him, I try to leave the facility as quickly as possible so that I don’t have to talk to him because I’m extremely shy.”
Murray was questioned about Andreeva during his run to the Surbiton championship.
“I wouldn’t say I’ve struck up a friendship,” he added. “We’ve only exchanged one message and haven’t met in person, so that’s definitely stretching it, but she’s clearly a fantastic player and one of the best young players on the circuit.”
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Anett Kontaveit’s singles career is finished as she was comfortably defeated by Marie Bouzkova, the 32nd seed.
After a 6-1 6-2 defeat, the Estonian, who reached No. 2 in the world, announced his retirement after this event.
She was in tears when she exited Court 18, but she will play in the mixed doubles.
“It’s just a lot of emotions,” she explained. “There’s despair, happiness, and a little bit of everything.
“Of course, the match did not go as planned, but I was so happy to be able to play in front of so many people, that so many people who love me were able to see me play – in singles – for the last time.”
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