MUTUA MADRID OPEN

May 2, 2026

Mirra Andreeva

Press Conference

M. KOSTYUK/M. Andreeva

6-3, 7-5

THE MODERATOR: Mirra, of course not the result you would hope for for today, but you had an incredible two weeks here in singles and doubles. How can you look back at this week?

MIRRA ANDREEVA: Yeah, of course today's a hard day. But overall I think that when we talk with my team, I think we can take a lot of positives from this week. Yeah, it's been tough, but overall I think it was a pretty good two weeks for me. The tournament is still not over, so I'm going to try to go for it in doubles tomorrow as well.

THE MODERATOR: Questions.

Q. It's a shame about the final today. You talked a lot, including now, about your team, and also in your closing speech. Could you describe all those people who support you in one word?

MIRRA ANDREEVA: One word all of them? I mean, I would say important. Because every one of them is doing something that helps me to perform at my best level. Obviously sometimes things are not going well, but I know that they always give their 200 percent every day for me. It also gives me a lot of motivation to try and give that back. I would say that every single one of them is very, very important for me.

Q. We still remember your match against Sabalenka when you were 15, 16, I don't know. What has changed? Is the pressure a part of today's final against Marta? Have you done an evolution, or do you want to become always young? How do you see it?

MIRRA ANDREEVA: Well, I think the way I approach matches has changed a lot. Because even when I was playing against Aryna in my first tournament here in Madrid I was just trying to enjoy the atmosphere. I wasn't expecting anything from myself, so I was just playing like every match was my last match. I was just trying to give it all. And, you know, I knew that I couldn't tell myself anything bad if I would lose because, you know, no one expected me to win so many matches that year.

But now, of course, I know how well I can play, and everyone knows how well I can play as well. So now it's a matter of how to keep that level every time you play, and how to keep that consistency as well.

Q. What did Conchita say to you after the defeat?

MIRRA ANDREEVA: We didn't talk yet, she just gave me a hug. But every time she would start talking to me I would start crying, so we didn't talk yet.

Q. Two days ago after the semifinal you said that you are not tired, despite you're playing both singles and doubles. Did anything change in your physical condition during the last couple days, and do you have an explanation why didn't you take the chances with the two break points in the end of the first set and two set points in the second one?

MIRRA ANDREEVA: My physical condition hasn't changed. I feel, of course, now I feel more tired, mentally and physically as well. But it's not like I'm fully drained out of energy and I cannot do anything anymore.

About those chances, I mean, it happens. It's tennis, and it's okay. I had a lot of chances in the first set as well, but, I mean, in the first set when I had those two break points I had three mistakes after. Basically, it's kind of my fault, but again, I mean, it's not like I missed on purpose. I was still trying to play aggressive, so I cannot really say anything to that.

And the set points after, I mean, one set point she served an ace, so a great serve, also nothing I can do.

Then, after I missed the return of the second serve, of course there may be I could try to put it in the court, but I also wanted to not push the ball, but again go for it and be brave. Again, it didn't work, so it's okay.

Q. You mentioned being upset with Conchita. Is it important for you to kind of feel the pain of losses like this so that you can use it to improve, rather than trying to contain your emotions?

MIRRA ANDREEVA: Honestly, I don't even know what's better, because every time I lose, every time it's like the end of the world to me. I don't know, sometimes I see other players, like, smile right after the defeat, right after the matches they lost. To me, I don't understand how people do it. I wish I could do it.

Every match that I lose is obviously very disappointing and very painful to me. I hope that maybe in the future this can improve and I can maybe, after the match that I lose, I can, you know, talk about it right away and not take some time before starting to talk about it.

Q. I want to know if you were happy during the match with your performance, are you happy now? And what made, what do you think made the difference today, if it was something about her level, or something with your mentality or your level.

MIRRA ANDREEVA: Well, I was happy about how I played at certain moments. Obviously when you lose, for me personally, I cannot be happy. Obviously I can think of some of the things or some of the parts of the match where I thought that I would play well. To win you have to play like this the whole match and be consistent.

So I cannot say that I'm super happy, or just even happy right now. Obviously, I mean, she played well as well. She had a lot of winners. She tried to go for her shots, she played very aggressive. At some points I've been trying to, you know, just kind of pressure her and be aggressive as well. At some points I felt like I was winning more points where I would just try to put the ball back in the court and build the point slowly, and kind of get her tired.

But anyway, none of that worked super well because obviously I didn't win in the end. Also, I mean, she played well. So the combination of all of those things I guess made the outcome.

Q. Also about the emotional side, but not after the game, before the game. Obviously you couldn't say to us all truths regarding pressure and something like this during the tournament. But now, after the tournament, what was really happening? Like when you became a favorite of the tournament, when we remind you that you are like top seed in the draw and stuff like this, did it influence you during the game, before the game in the preparation?

MIRRA ANDREEVA: I would say that that stuff didn't actually bother me that much. When people said that during my last press conference I thought about it, but then after I didn't think about it, not even once.

I mean, of course it's kind of easier to go to the match and play well when you're not kind of the favorite. But it also, it's also not easy because I know that I've been in both of those positions. I can say that those, I didn't think about those things. I was just trying to focus on my plan, and what I have to do to try and win this match.