Mirra Andreeva defeated Elina Svitolina 7-5, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals at the WTA 1000 event in Indian Wells, and will next face Iga Swiatek. However, the Russian isn\u2019t taking anything for granted, after having beat the Pole in her previous event.<\/p>\n
The 17-year-old is now on a 10-match winning streak, the first women\u2019s player under the age of 18 to reach such a feat since Nicole Vaidisova in 2005.<\/p>\n
Andreeva won her second \u2013 and, by far, the biggest \u2013 title of her career in February, at the WTA<\/a> 1000 event in Dubai.<\/p>\n Along the way, she became the first woman since Maria Sharapova in 2004 to beat three Grand Slam champions at the same event.<\/p>\n \u201cI started to feel it [the confidence] during the tournament in Dubai, but I can say that I got a little help from my sports psychologist that I\u2019m still working with,\u201d stated Andreeva.<\/p>\n \u201cI can say that, you know, it helped me a lot to realize a lot of things and to change something in the way I think during the match or before the match. Also, it helps me to go in the match with the right mindset, and, you know, I think that that was kind of the key for me.<\/p>\n \u201cI can say that it\u2019s working. It\u2019s not bad. So I\u2019m just super happy that I can see the result.\u201d<\/p>\n One of those such Grand Slam champions was Swiatek<\/a>, herself, who Andreeva defeated 6-3, 6-3 with a stunning performance.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, of course it\u2019s always nice to beat a top player. It was my first win over her,\u201d said the Russian, when asked about her semi-final.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, it doesn\u2019t give me any benefit to our match tomorrow, because what happened happened, and the past is in the past.<\/p>\n \u201cTomorrow is going to be a new day, new match, new conditions, new country. Everything is different.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, I\u2019m going to try my best to prepare in the best way for our match tomorrow, and I\u2019m sure that the match is going to be great, because our head-to-head is 1-All. I think it\u2019s going to be an entertaining match, and we\u2019re just going to see who is going to be better tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n Emma Raducanu boost as star confirmed for new event in 2025 schedule<\/a><\/p>\n Iga Swiatek makes \u2018revenge\u2019 admission as she makes history in Indian Wells<\/a><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Swiatek already gained some \u2018revenge\u2019 over another rival \u2013 Zheng Qinwen \u2013 who she fell to in a heartbreaking semi-final match at the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not nice to lose to anybody, so for sure you want to have a little, I don\u2019t know, like revenge, but it\u2019s nothing personal. I think every player has that against everybody who they lose to before,\u201d said the five-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was the only match that I lost against Qinwen and I wanted to learn from it, it didn\u2019t really cross my mind that much, because I knew that this is on hard court and I knew what I did wrong in the Olympics.<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly, I would say that clay didn\u2019t help me on the Olympics, because these high spinny balls that came into place, it\u2019s much easier to go forward and to play them when you know exactly how the ball is going to bounce. On clay, you can\u2019t really do that.<\/p>\n \u201cFor sure, it was tricky then. Here I thought it\u2019s going to be more clear, and that\u2019s what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n The post \u2018What happened, happened\u2019 \u2013 Candid Mirra Andreeva analyses Iga Swiatek semi-final<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mirra Andreeva defeated Elina Svitolina 7-5, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals at the WTA 1000 event in Indian Wells, and will next face Iga Swiatek. However, the Russian isn\u2019t taking anything for granted, after having beat the Pole in her previous event. 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