Mirra Andreeva has revealed that she turned down the prospect to talk to her idol Andy Murray forward of the US Open. The 16-year-old Russian beforehand referred to as the world No 37 “beautiful” however admitted she was too scared to talk with him at Wimbledon lately. And Andreeva nonetheless isn’t prepared for a gathering with the previous world No 1.

Andreeva is hoping for an additional robust displaying at a Grand Slam event this fortnight after assertion performances on the French Open and Wimbledon. The teenager reached the third spherical in Paris and the second week at SW19 the place she stole consideration along with her love for Andy Murray.

The world No 63’s admiration for the Brit goes again to her breakout event on the Madrid Open again in April as she appeared on Tennis Channel on her sixteenth birthday, claiming Murray was “beautiful”. The three-time Major champion responded on Twitter, claiming she needed to get her eyes checked.

But Andreeva has been too shy to have a correct chat along with her hero, confirming that she nonetheless hadn’t confronted her fears forward of the US Open. “I've not had enough courage to speak with Andy Murray yet,” she stated, per Sky Sports.

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The Russian revealed that her brokers had even tried to rearrange a chat with the previous world No 1 however she nonetheless rejected the supply. Andreeva added: “My agency were asking me if I would maybe like to speak to him, to have a small chat for about five minutes, but I said no.

“I'm not ready, I will forget how to speak. I will speak to him maybe in one year, if he is still playing.” At Wimbledon, Andreeva toyed with the concept of talking with Murray in New York as she puzzled whether or not she could be able to face him - nevertheless it seems she nonetheless couldn’t handle it.

“Now I guess I will not see him here, but maybe in US Open. If I see him, maybe [I’ll speak to him]. It depends,” the world No 63 stated after crashing out within the fourth spherical. “We will see. But for now, I don't think I will be ready. Maybe in a couple of months I will be ready to say hello.”