Double winner of the Grand Slam tournaments among juniors, Russian tennis player Alina Korneeva spoke about the attitude to comparison with a compatriot Mirra Andreeva .
Both athletes are 16 years old. This season, Korneeva won the junior French Open and Wimbledon. Andreeva reached the third round of Roland Garros and the 1/8 finals of Wimbledon in adults.
Are the parallels with Mirra boring? No (smile). On the contrary, I like it. Because the girls of a country, one year old, start from childhood. It’s cool. There is no sport without competition.
Do we communicate? Now it’s difficult – we don’t bring up the subject of tennis in conversations. But we always welcome victories. Sometimes we text each other and ask how things are going.
There is no jealousy on my part. I don’t know about her. Because I like that: we push each other. I am very happy with its success. But now at such an age that I don’t want to know where she is and where I am. I think about my tournaments.
Want to see my rivalry with Mirra? I don’t want to guess, but that would be very cool! – quotes the words of Korneeva “Championship”.
Korneeva is ranked 218th in the WTA rankings, Mirra Andreeva is 70th.
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Source : MatchTV
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