{"id":46595,"date":"2025-07-07T18:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/46595\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T18:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T18:11:09","slug":"conchita-martinez-shares-what-her-relationship-with-mirra-andreeva-is-really-like-as-she-issues-her-very-stern-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/46595\/","title":{"rendered":"Conchita Martinez shares what her relationship with Mirra Andreeva is really like as she issues her very stern warning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mirra Andreeva has once again been impressing at Wimbledon, having just stormed into the round of 16.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andreeva<\/a> reached the fourth round of Wimbledon<\/a> back in 2023, before the qualifier was knocked out by Madison Keys.<\/p>\n

Russian teenager Andreeva has been tipped to win Wimbledon<\/a>, with top seed Aryna Sabalenka the only higher-ranked player remaining in the draw.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old has yet to drop a set at the Grand Slam, with Emma Navarro representing her next opponent.<\/p>\n

And her latest adventure once again comes alongside Conchita Martinez, who is currently coaching the WTA<\/a> number seven.<\/p>\n

\"MirraPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty ImagesWhat the relationship is like between Mirra Andreeva and Conchita Martinez<\/p>\n

Ahead of her meeting with Navarro, Martinez shared an insight into their relationship, telling BBC Sport<\/a>: \u201cMirra is a very special player and very complete in everything she does \u2013 but also improvable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think she has a lot to learn. If I won Wimbledon \u2013 I was more of a clay-court player \u2013 then I think she has a good shot of winning.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Mirra Andreeva admits something \u2018not very nice\u2019 has happened at Wimbledon so far this year, \u2018there\u2019s nothing you can do\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt took me many tries to get my game to be more comfortable on grass. But I think if Mirra does things with an open mind, and doesn\u2019t get angry when she misses, she has a game which she can win.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DubaiPhoto by Robert Prange\/Getty ImagesConchita Martinez issues very stern warning to Mirra Andreeva<\/p>\n

Martinez has a superb history at Wimbledon, having famously defeated Martina Navratilova to win the title in 1994.<\/p>\n

She also boasts success as a coach, having guided Garbine Muguruza to victory over Venus Williams in 2017.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Mirra Andreeva outlines the key difference in her game this year compared to her Wimbledon debut after third-round win<\/a><\/p>\n

Martinez is now aiming for similar success with Andreeva, but has refuted the idea of being a coach, friend and tennis parent to the teenager.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, no, no,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m her coach \u2013 that\u2019s the only way. Can you be friends? Yes. We have a great relationship.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019m the one there on the tennis court, changing things and making her improve. I\u2019m the one overseeing her whole career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in charge of finding everything around her that will work to make her a better player. The relationship is good, we get along great and she respects my work.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, that is super important. If I have to be hard on the court or outside of the court I will be, but then we can also laugh.<\/p>\n\nYear<\/strong><\/td>\nTitles<\/strong><\/td>\nTournament<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2025<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nIndian Wells
Dubai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2024<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nIasi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mirra Andreeva WTA Tour titles<\/p>\n

\u201cWe like to joke around, she is very playful and I think I am too \u2013 even though I am much older. The kid in me is brought out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think she also enjoys that because I\u2019m not a serious figure. I can laugh and then we go back to work. But if there is too much of the other and she starts not respecting me then that\u2019s the end of the relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The partnership, which started last season, has certainly produced huge success so far, with Andreeva rising as high as number six in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

She has since dropped to seventh place, but is already a two-time winner on the WTA Tour in the 2025 season.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mirra Andreeva has once again been impressing at Wimbledon, having just stormed into the round of 16. Andreeva…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[36183,22879,62,1464,67,132,68,2071,2212],"class_list":{"0":"post-46595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-conchita-martinez","9":"tag-mirra-andreeva","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-wimbledon","16":"tag-wta"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114813303781013075","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}