Andy Murray hilariously responded to Mirra Andreeva’s praise as he joked the 16-year-old Russian wunderkind will become even better when she “gets her eyes fixed.” Andreeva, who turned 16 on Saturday, has been through to the Madrid round-of-16 in her WTA 1000 debut.
Since the Madrid men’s event is taking place simultaneously, Andreeva has had a chance to see pretty much all the top players in the Spanish capital. “When you’re here & take a lunch with all these stars, you see Andy Murray – you see his face.
& he’s so beautiful in life. He is so amazing,” Andreeva said. After being called beautiful and amazing by Andreeva, Murray hilariously reacted. “Imagine how good she’s going to be when she gets her eyes fixed (laughing emoji),” Murray tweeted.
Andreeva clinched another big win in Madrid
In the Madrid first round, Andreeva saw off 2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez in straight sets.
In her next match, Andreeva also needed just two sets against world No 14 Beatriz Haddad Maia. On her 16th birthday, Andreeva defeated this year’s Australian Open semifinalist Magda Linette 6-3 6-3. “She’s an amazing player because she plays so consistent.
She doesn’t miss a lot. I tried to just play my game. I just tried to cut the rhythm a lot. I tried to play aggressive and I made it through,” Andreeva said on Tennis Channel after beating Linette. Andr
