Raisa Andreeva, mother of tennis players Myrrh And Erica Andreyev recounted how, at one point, the decision was made to name her daughters.
On Saturday, sisters Mirra (16 years old) and Erica (19 years old) Andreev, originally from Krasnoyarsk, held a master class in their hometown. The tennis players’ mother, Raisa, was also present at the event.
— It all started with Erica. There is such a flower – Erica, she is very beautiful. We decided that a beautiful child needed a beautiful name. And then we realized that there are a lot of letters R in the full name – Erika Aleksandrovna Andreeva.
The second child was named so that in his name there were two letters R. The presence of a hard R is the main reason why we chose such names, ”the correspondent reports, reporting the words of Raisa Andreeva.
Mirra Andreeva reached the 1/8 finals of Wimbledon this season, repeating the record of Maria Sharapova, who was the only tennis player of the 21st century who managed to reach this stage of Wimbledon at the age of 17.
Currently, Mirra is ranked 47th in the WTA rankings, Erica is ranked 130th.
Source : MatchTV
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