Mirra Andreeva made her return to motion on the China Open, enjoying in her first match because the US Open.
Almost a month after Andreeva misplaced to Taylor Townsend in a shock upset at Flushing Meadows, she cruised previous Zhu Lin in Beijing, 6-2, 6-2, to e-book her place in spherical three.
The Russian, ranked fifth on the earth, has loved a powerful third season on the WTA Tour, reaching two Grand Slam quarterfinals and including two extra titles to her identify.
Andreeva has managed to crack the world’s prime 5 this season and continues to enhance her sport, which she stated has a lot to do with a statistic about herself she noticed earlier this 12 months.
Mirra Andreeva says she is studying higher herself
“I can say that at the beginning of the year, I really tried to focus on being more aggressive,” stated the 18-year-old after her opening victory on the China Open.
“I remember WTA posted some statistics showing that I was in first place for the most winners on tour. When I saw that, I was like, ‘Me? Really’?
“I was never known for hitting a lot of winners or being super aggressive, so I thought, ‘Okay, this is a good sign’.
“After that, I felt like I was a little afraid to miss — maybe afraid to make mistakes. Sometimes I tend to take a step back and just put the ball back in the court, but that doesn’t really work against these great players.
“Now I’m trying to force myself to hit, and it’s working. Even today, at the beginning of the match, it was pretty tight in the first couple of games.
“I told myself, ‘Just go for your shots. Even if you miss, it’s better to miss like that than to be passive and just put the ball in the court’.
“In the end, it worked. I didn’t miss much, so I guess I’m just going to stick with this approach.”
Mirra Andreeva says she is studying take care of strain
Although Andreeva has but to prime her semifinal end at Roland Garros from 2024, she has had her finest 12 months at majors in 2025.
She superior to the fourth spherical of the Australian Open and made it to the final eight at each Roland Garros and Wimbledon.
- Australian Open: Misplaced to Aryna Sabalenka within the fourth spherical
- Roland Garros: Misplaced to Lois Boisson within the quarterfinals
- Wimbledon: Misplaced to Belinda Bencic within the quarterfinals
- US Open: Misplaced to Taylor Townsend within the third spherical
Andreeva stated she has adopted a brand new approach to take care of the strain that comes with enjoying on the largest levels in tennis.
“I’m kind of learning how to be nicer and kinder to myself, to give myself some time, and to not judge myself too harshly or too quickly,” she defined
“I’m learning new things and learning how to be better to myself. I can say that now it’s a little bit easier.
“Obviously, there are still days when it’s hard, but I’m learning and improving, trying to make it easier for me. For now, it does feel easier — I’m just trying to learn and apply this new technique I’ve been using.”
Within the subsequent spherical on the China Open, Andreeva will tackle Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.
