Tennis
Andreeva said that she never thought about changing her citizenship
The first racket of Russia, Mirra Andreeva, said that she had never thought about changing her citizenship and her neutral status at international tournaments does not put any pressure on her.
On Wednesday, 19-year-old Andreeva beat Greek Maria Sakkari in the second round of the Australian Open with a score of 6:0, 6:4.
– I didn’t even think about it. I heard that Dasha Kasatkina changed her citizenship, and many more players changed their citizenship. But at the moment I intend to play in my previous status. I didn’t receive any offers or anything like that.
— Doesn’t it create pressure when you play without a flag?
“The lack of a flag doesn’t put pressure on me, I just do my job on the court, focus on how to become even better, how to improve. So for me this does not create any pressure,” the Australian Open press service quotes Andreeva as saying.
In the third round of the Australian Open, the Russian will play with the 77th racket of the world, Elena Gabriela Ruze from Romania.
Source: Sportbox
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