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<\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nToday, Andreeva fought off three set points in the opening set sparking a 7-6(1), 6-3 victory over Leylah Fernandez in Madrid.<\/p>\n
The ninth-seeded Andreeva is the second-youngest Madrid semifinals in history\u2014only Caroline Wozniacki was younger when reaching the final four back in 2009. Asked how she will celebrate her birthday tomorrow, Andreeva told the media in Madrid she has mixed emotions on advancing age.<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay, obviously I\u2019m very excited for tomorrow, but at the same time I caught myself being a little bit sad,\u201d Andreeva said. \u201cBecause I don\u2019t want to be old, and I don\u2019t want to grow up. I want to just stay 18 and be a kid all the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like, obviously lately, I just feel like time is going so fast, and I\u2019m already going to turn 19. I don\u2019t know. I just, I\u2019m excited, but at the same time I\u2019m sad. So that\u2019s what I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Linz champion Andreeva improved to 11-1 on clay this season and will face either world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka or 30th-seeded American Hailey Baptiste for a spot in the final.<\/p>\n
The 2025 Indian Wells champion Andreeva has endured some growing pains this season after her breakout year last season.<\/p>\n
When Katerina Siniakova dethroned Andreeva in a wild 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3 upset at Indian Wells last month, Andreeva lost her crown then lost her cool.<\/p>\n
A tearful and irate Andreeva flung her racquet before the post-match handshake.<\/p>\n
As the Stadium 1 crowd roared, Andreeva appeared to shout \u201cF\u2013k You All!\u201d as she walked off the court.<\/p>\n
Despite some emotional outbursts on court, Andreeva said she feels calmer off court.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m changing as a person very much. I feel like, maybe it\u2019s going to sound weird, but I kind of became more calm outside of the court,\u201d Andreeva said. \u201cFor example, before I would like to, even after matches, I would want to spend some time with my family to talk a lot or to do something together.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow all I want to do is to come back to the room and be alone and just do something with myself, I don\u2019t know, read a book, watch TV series, just be on my phone, and I don\u2019t want to talk to people. So maybe that\u2019s how I\u2019m changing. Other than that, I feel like I\u2019m still the same Mirra that was here a couple of years ago and, yeah, for now I don\u2019t notice a lot of changes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chasing her third title of the year, Andreeva said she\u2019ll be shopping for one birthday gift.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor now, I want a pair of high heels,\u201d Andreeva said. \u201cThat\u2019s going to be it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Richard Pagliaro | Tuesday, April 28, 2026Photo credit: Daniel Pockett\/Getty Before Mirra Andreeva blows out the candles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-612654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}