The round of 16 at Wimbledon at 16, the very high expectations, the predestined role, the decline. But Mirra is not one of the many flashes in the pan of tennis, and has found the right keys to take over tennis in her head and in her game
Expectations of something are said to be more misleading than the event itself, because reality often ends up being much more disappointing than expected. Probably in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, they had different sayings. Because Mirra Andreeva, born there just over 19 years ago, was able to make the reality of the facts even more beautiful than the expectations that were held towards her, winning her first Slam at Roland Garros 2026. Her early explosion, with the round of 16 at Wimbledon at 16 and a very rapid arrival in the top 100, had immediately elected her as a future Slam champion, loaded with pressure that such small shoulders and young, so tense nerves have difficulty in hold up. At Roland Garros 2025 he had hit rock bottom in his still short career, losing in the quarterfinals to French wildcard Boisson, outside the top 350.