“I didn’t change,” she laughed. “We need to ask some people who’ve been around me to maybe say if I changed but me, with my feelings, I don’t think I’ve changed something in myself or in my game. Maybe I just became more calm in a way on court and off court and just kind of more straightforward.”
One significant change came during the clay-court swing in April with the appointment of former Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez as her coach.
The revered Spaniard, who guided Garbine Muguruza to a Wimbledon title, is an experienced hand and someone whom the teenager has gelled with less than two months into the partnership.
“She always gives me a lot of positive, a lot of great energy,” Andreeva said. “We always have nice atmosphere… So, this helps me a lot, so I like that. Sometimes I don’t think a lot about matches, and I’m not nervous. It helps me just to kind of release some tension.”
Renowned for her level-headedness as a player and in her time since as a coach, Martinez, it seems, has already established a balance to keep her young charge on the right track.