16-Year-Old Russian Tennis Prodigy in Love With the ?Attention? as She Joins Senior ATP and WTA Pros With an Exciting Netflix Announcement

The 2023 season of the French Open gave a glimpse of promising players of WTA. Especially, the latter stages of the recently concluded clay-court championships had some new and exciting faces on the WTA Tour. The Russian tennis prodigy, 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva, was certainly someone who caught everyone’s attention with her performance. She entered the world of Grand Slams by qualifying for the Roland Garros for the first time in her career. Impressed by this, Netflix decided to cover her story in their next season of ‘Break Point.’

After her win in the second match of the Wimbledon Championships qualifiers, Andreeva spoke about her feature on Netflix and how she is coping with the cameras all around her.

Mirra Andreeva is loving it being on the center stage

According to a tweet by ‘The Tennis Letter,’ the sixteen-year-old Russian star is loving the attention she is getting. She does not feel disturbed by the constant camera recordings around her and says that the crew follows her without asking any questions. The filming started during the French Open matches and is continuing into the grass season.

The Russian teenager said, ?We started to work together in Paris. I like the attention they’re giving me. They just follow me, they don’t ask me any questions. I just do my thing and they’re just around. They’re nice people. So far!”

This year is the debut season of her Clay Slam, and if she wins all the matches, she will even qualify to play her first Grass Slam. The Russian has not played on the grass surface before, even at the junior level. But her recent wins do not make her look amateur at all.

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Andreeva explains why grass is tougher than clay for her

The sixteen-year-old set foot on the grass just a week ago and already claimed her win in the Qualifiers. She beat Rosa Vicens Mas in straight sets. The WTA’s rising star made it look easy despite her difficulties with movements and issues with the ball bouncing on the grass. She won 6-3, 6-1, which is impressive for a debutant.

Andreeva revealed that she fell three times in her first practice session. She believes the grass is a difficult surface for her to play on as it is slippery, and she feels slow on it. However, she is taking it one step at a time and feels dangerous on the court despite her issues with the surface.

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The Russian will face Chloe Paquet in her next Qualifier match. Paquet did not qualify for the Roland Garros Singles this season. Though she qualified for the doubles and mixed doubles, she suffered a defeat in the first round. The ranking of Andreeva is better than Paquet’s. Will the Russian continue her winning streak, or will Paquet make it up for her loss at Roland Garros Qualifiers?