Mirra Andreeva, the rising star of tennis has already gotten one of the biggest compliments of her life. Her style of tennis was compared to the great Martina Hingis who had made tennis very interesting with her unique yet aggressive style of play that put the best of the best under pressure.
The Russian was asked if she was aware of this comparison and surprisingly, the 16-year-old knows about it and strongly disagrees. Having watched her game, Andreeva finds Hingis as a person who reads the game and plays smart tennis which is opposite to hers. Having analyzed the legend’s game, Andreeva gave a few key points on the kind of tennis Hingis played.
Andreeva went on to reveal her favorite Hingis match against Steffi Graf back in the 1999 Roland Garros. This was a controversial match where Graf won at the end, which in the eyes of the youngster, is seen differently. According to Andreeva, Hingis deserved to win the final. Speaking about the same, Andreeva told the reporters:
As I said, I watched a lot of matches. The final of Roland Garros against Steffi Graf, I watched this match. I don't know, I felt so bad for her. Of course, Steffi Graf was also an amazing player. She played really good. I don't know, I felt really sad watching her kind of, I don't know, all this crowd was on her. I watched this match several times. Every time I feel the same way: that she didn't really deserve it. Mirra Andreeva said
Mirra Andreeva analyzes Martina Hingis’s tennis style and compares it with hers
The 16-year-old Russian who has been taking the Australian Open draw by storm recently won her third-round match to make her spot in the final 16 of the tournament. Mirra Andreeva, the new star of tennis has entertained the fans with her tennis on the court, and with her interviews off the court. Recently she shut down all the comparisons made between her and the legend Martina Hingis as she analyzed both their tennis styles and pointed at the main differences.
According to the youngster, Hingis played more aggressively and usually went to the net to finish the point whereas she prefers to stay at the baseline and go to the net if necessary. Always going front to finish, Andreeva finds that as a huge difference as she would much rather stay back and finish the point from the baseline. Despite this, many find similarities due to their aggressive style of gameplay and the kind of shots they have.
Nonetheless, the Russian is focused on her run at the tournament as she secured a third-round win in a thriller of a match to match her personal best record of four rounds at a Grand Slam. With hopes to beat her own record, the Russian gears up for another entertaining match against Barbara Krejcikova.
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