Wimbledon 2023: Mirra Andreeva hails 'amazing' Emma Raducanu, but says thoughts of emulating Brit 'disturb' her

Mirra Andreeva has hailed Emma Raducanu's «amazing» 2021 US Open win, but says she tries to keep thoughts of a repeat far from her mind. The parallels between the two are striking: both are prodigiously talented at a young age, both have reached the fourth round in their first Wimbledon main draw, and both have backed up their first major appearance with an even better run in their second one. Ad Andreeva's run at SW19 continued with a third-round win over Anastasia Potapova that saw her become the youngest player to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon since Coco Gauff in 2019.

WimbledonAndreeva, 16, becomes youngest player to make Wimbledon fourth round since Gauff4 HOURS AGO There is another similarity in the sense that Andreeva could yet emulate Raducanu in becoming only the second-ever player to win a Grand Slam as a qualifier. Andreeva, however — while admitting her admiration for Raducanu — is not entertaining thoughts of a repeat. «Of course, in 2021 she did amazing job,» Andreeva began in her post-match press conference.

«Everyone was impressed. I think she was impressed also to pass the qualifiers and to win the slam at 18. It's amazing.

»But me, I just try to not think about it. I think it will disturb me, all these thoughts. I just try to play every match and don't think how far I have gone already or which round I'm playing, against who I'm playing.

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I just play my game. I don't change anything mental-wise, tennis-wise. So, yeah, I'm just playing.» If