Tennis teenager already eyeing up Porsche prize | Sports News

Mirra Andreeva is back on the court docket at this week’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, driving high off a victorious begin to her season. The younger phenom has racked up 13 wins out of 14 current matches, netting consecutive WTA 1000 titles at Dubai and Indian Wells.

Now, Andreeva units her sights on dominating the clay circuit with equal gusto. As the sixth seed within the WTA 500 occasion hosted in Stuttgart and backed by Porsche, Andreeva has an eye on more than the title—there’s additionally a car at stake for the champ.

Despite her eagerness to say the prize, there’s a hitch—she hasn’t handed her driving check but. Making her first look on the indoor clay fixture in Stuttgart, Andreeva is acutely aware of the tantalizing further incentive—a shiny new Porsche car.

Previous champion Elena Rybakina nabbed a car final 12 months after defeating Marta Kostyuk to grab the crown. Iga Swiatek, presently ranked world No. 2 and winner in 2022 and 2023, overtly shared that she takes her prize Porsche for a spin “daily basis”.

Eager to ink her identify into the roster of victors, Andreeva is already fantasizing about taking home some luxurious wheels. With Porsches displayed enticingly across the heart court docket in Stuttgart, the world’s seventh-ranked participant can hardly keep her eyes off them.

“The view on the centre court is super nice. I already thought about which cars I would like to get,” Andreeva stated with a beam.

However, Andreeva is preserving her pleasure in test for now. There are lots more matches to go if she hopes to clinch the title, however she additionally has one other personal hurdle: she nonetheless must get her driver’s license.

She clarified: “But we’re not there yet. I’m just looking around. I still don’t have my driver’s license. Yeah, we’re going to see. We’re going to decide if I get to the final.”

Stuttgart has seen its share of unlicensed champs. Just final 12 months, Rybakina admitted she did not have the legal proper to drive her prize car, although she’s since gotten her license.

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Back in 2018, Karolina Pliskova needed to depend on another person to deal with the wheel after her victory on the match. The ex-world No. 1 nonetheless retains her Porsche and fortunately fingers over the driving duties to her husband.

Andreeva faces a difficult opening bout in opposition to a close contender – her own sister, Erika – if she’s aiming to race off with a shiny new vehicle. The 17 12 months previous was initially set to play in opposition to final 12 months’s finalist Kostyuk, however following an damage and withdrawal, Erika entered as a fortunate loser.

Ranked 90 locations behind her youthful sibling at No. 97 globally, Mirra got here up short of their solely WTA 1000 conflict in Wuhan beforehand, shedding 6-3 6-1.

With Kostyuk’s exit, the No. 6 seed Andreeva anticipated the likelihood of dealing with her sister first off. “We’re going to take it professionally because we don’t have any other choice,” she commented relating to her upcoming match with Erika.

“If it’s going to be like this, then we’re just going to go on court and play as any other match. We’re going to face each other, and if it happens, probably it’s going to be a great and entertaining match.”