Mirra Andreeva claimed she will frame a social media post from Andy Murray and “maybe put it on the wall” after the Scot praised the Russian teenager’s miracle Melbourne comeback. The 16-year-old was in tears when she trailed 1-5 to France’s Diane Parry in the third set before winning a topsy-turvy match 1-6 6-1 7-6
Watching Murray wrote on X: “Andreeva down 5-1 in third. Commentator: ‘She really needs to work on mental side of her game.. she’s too hard on herself when she’s losing’. 30 minutes later 7-6 Andreeva wins.
“Maybe the reason she turned the match round is because of her mental strength. Maybe she turned the match around because she is hard on herself and demands more of herself when she’s losing/playing badly? Winner.”
Last year’s junior finalist first became famous for saying Murray is “so beautiful in life” when she saw him at last year’s Madrid Masters – and the Scot responded: “Imagine how good she is going to be when she gets her eyes tested!”
The world No.47 said: “Honestly I didn’t really think that he would watch a match, then after he would tweet, he would comment something. Honestly, I will try to print it out somehow. I don’t know, I will put it in a frame. I will bring it everywhere with me. I will maybe put it on the wall so I can see it every day.”
Asked about expecting too much of herself, Andreeva said: “That’s true. Because I won the last time I played her, I had kind of an advantage. I felt like that maybe I should win because I won pretty easy on the score. Maybe I should win this match.
“When you think like this, it’s always 1-6 in the first set. Then I just decided to fight, to win one game at a time. Maybe being harsh on myself actually helped me.”
