“I was always checking live rankings, because before, I was playing for a dog,” she said, “so after every match I play, I would check the live rankings to see if I did it.
“But now it’s not that I don’t care, but I try to not focus on that, and I try to focus on the match that I have to play. I like this. I would say it’s pretty easy, because I don’t think about the rankings or the points I have to defend if I have to, so I just don’t really follow the rankings or anything, like this is a bit easier for me.”
Wise beyond her years in her on-court efforts in recent months, Andreeva is also showing that maturity as it pertains to future dog ownership. There are some lingering logistics to work out, after all.
“I’m thinking to get a girl, because the girls are basically they’re a bit smaller in the size, so it’s gonna be easier to travel with a girl,” she said.
“At first I wanted to get a boy, so I came up with a couple of names for a boy, but then we decided to get a girl,” she added. “There are not many options, and I’m not even sure that the options I have are going to be the actual name. So I cannot really name any. I will have to think about it!”
