Mirra Andreeva was the latest guest on Daria Kasatkina's vlog and the 17-year-old didn't disappoint as the 17-year-old showed a great sense of humor and the two shared numerous laughs.
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In case you are not familiar, the 2022 French Open semifinalist started a vlog a few years ago and so far it has been a success, with her guests mostly being faces from pro tennis - not only from the WTA but the ATP as well.
Although Kasatkina is 27 and still relatively young, she is still a decade older than Andreeva, who will be turning 18 in April. At one point during their conversation, the elder Russian mentioned to the teenager that she would reach the age of majority in around half a year.
Funnily, the recent Iasi champion joked that she would finally be legally allowed to buy and drink alcohol.
"Like in half a year, its your birthday, right, more or less," the world No. 11 said. The rising star responded: "Im getting old guys. I dont want to be old, but at least Ill be able to drink alcohol legally."
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That comment made Kasatkina laugh before she proceeded to state: "You just drink Coca-Cola." That led to Andreeva cracking another joke, saying in six months she will start drinking regular Coca-Cola instead of the one with zero sugar: "Im joking, Ill be drinking Coca Cola, not Coca-Cola Zero, because without Zero its just another level, were upgrading. So as soon as Im eighteen, Coca-Cola."
Kasatkina, Andreeva joke about a toy the 27-year-old bought
During her time in Asia, the former world No. 8 decided to treat herself by buying a plush toy that could be tied to her wrist. The toy also has a pocket, where you can put certain stuff. That made the 17-year-old curious if there was any money in the pocket.
"Is there money in there?" Andreeva asked, to which Kasatkina responded: No money (opens the pocket)... There will be enough space for 250k prize money,"
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Currently, both Andreeva and Kasatkina took part at the WTA 1000 tournament in Wuhan.
Since the elder Russian is seeded at No. 8, she had a first-round bye before overcoming Bernarda Pera 6-4 1-6 6-1 to set up a meeting against Magda Linette. On the other side, the 17-year-old started her run by beating Wang Xiyu 7-6 (5) 6-3 before losing to her sister Erika Andreeva 3-6 1-6.
Andreeva shares her future goals in Wuhan
Over the last year and a half, the promising Russian has made some very notable things and there is definitely a big reason why she is regarded as one of the most talented players in the game and someone who is widely tipped to achieve big success in the future. So far, she has won a WTA title - made her first Grand Slam semifinal at this year's French Open - and is currently enjoying a career-high ranking of No. 19 in the world.
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Asked in Wuhan about her future goals, Andreeva shared that her goals for this season have been fulfilled. However, she then also underlined that now come bigger goals and that she wants to keep rising.
"Of course, as every athlete, you want to go higher and higher in the rankings. You want to win more and more matches and tournaments. For now I've completed my goal that I've set for myself till the end of the year. I'm very happy with that. I don't want to set any goals for this tournament and for the rest of the tournaments, as well. I'm going to set another one next year. But for now I'm okay. I'm good," she said.
Andreeva may be still very young, but as mentioned above, she has been around for a year and a half and the competition looks at her very seriously. And she is very much aware of that and hopes that she won't face big problems with pressure and expectations going forward.
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"i just I wish next year I could win more tournaments and go higher in rankings. Of course, next year I have a lot of points to defend, so that's also going to be one of the first times when I probably going to struggle with that maybe mentally, physically. I don't know. That's also going to be a new experience for me, how to deal with the pressure of defending points. We're going to see how I handle it. I hope I'm not going to have any trouble. Yeah, we'll see what's going to happen. I'm just hoping that, yeah, I will win a couple of tournaments maybe," Andreeva said.
