Mirra Andreeva did, in fact, put Andy Murray's famous complimentary tweet in a frame

In January at the Australian Open, when Mirra Andreeva learned that Andy Murray praised her mental strength in a post on the platform X, formerly Twitter, the teenager giddily vowed to print it out and put it in a frame.

Returning this week to the Mutua Madrid Open, the site of not only her breakthrough 12 months ago but also of the first of her earnest heart-eyes interactions with her "beautiful" childhood idol, the 16-year-old has delivered on that promise..

"When I said I would put his comment in a frame, I actually have a frame now with his comment inside!" Andreeva told Prakash Amritraj at the Tennis Channel Desk after beating Linda Noskova 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in Friday's second round at the Caja Mágica.

"It was a gift from my friend, and it’s always with me in my bag," Andreeva continued. "So, when I said that, I was not joking: I did it for real!"

Last year, Andreeva made waves in the Spanish capital in her WTA 1000 debut at age 15. A wildcard ranked just inside the Top 200 at the time, Andreeva reached the fourth round with wins over Leylah Fernandez, Beatriz Haddad Maia and Magda Linette without losing a set, and the run set her on course to being named the WTA's most impressive newcomer in 2023..

Murray's comment in January came after Andreeva saved match points and overcame a 5-1 third-set deficit to defeat France's Diane Parry in Melbourne. While she didn't lose a set in her victories in Madrid a year ago, twice so far in her follow up visit, Andreeva has authored similar escapes. In addition to coming from a set down to beat Noskova, she also lost the first set against American Taylor Townsend in her opening match, and trailed 4-1 in the final set of that 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 win.

"I just tried to keep playing my game, keep playing aggressive because it was a bit tough after the first set. I had a lot of game points; I was up with a break, serving, and then I lost the set, so that was a bit hard," Andreeva said of the match against her fellow teen, the No. 29 seed.

"I’m trying to play using my brain. I’m not trying to hit every ball as hard as I can. Maybe that helps me sometimes to think through hard moments. It is really hard on the court; I’m glad it seems like it’s easy for me, but it’s not! I’m just trying to always think in a positive way and that’s it."

Set to turn 17 in three days, the still-precocious Andreeva says she feels 'more like a grown-up' returning to the site of her 2023 breakthrough. (Even if she still fangirls over interactions with stars like Murray.)

"I feel more mature even though there’s not much of a difference in my age," Andreeva said. "Last year, I was hoping for some kind of miracle when I was playing against everybody, that on these pressure points they would give me something with their mistakes or something will happen for me to just win the match. Now I know and I’m sure that I will not be able to win a match without doing something myself. There’s no chance of me hoping for my opponent to do something to help me win, because that will never happen.

"That was the main change for me because in my head and on my mental side, I feel more like a grown-up."