“I would say now she has a better sense of humour with me,” Andreeva said. “Before I would say that it was not so good. It was okay and now when she’s with me everyone always is laughing at her jokes so thanks to me, yes.”

Last year on debut, the 2023 junior Australian Open finalist upstaged sixth seed Ons Jabeur en route to the fourth round before Martinez was added to the team in April.

Her second-week foray at Melbourne Park was merely a hint of bigger things to come at Roland Garros where she became the youngest Grand Slam singles semifinalist since Martina Hingis at the 1997 US Open.

The Swiss former world No.1 is the former player to whom the cerebral and crafty Andreeva is most often compared.  

“I always like the way Martina Hingis was playing,” Andreeva said. “I have seen some similarities, I would say. She’s also playing smart. I would say she played smart and I’m also playing smart as her … I think that the difference is that she was never afraid to come in and finish the point and be more aggressive.

“Now I’m just starting to learn how to do it. The first matches of the year I’m starting to, I’m trying to force myself to finish the point at the net or to go, to step in the court.”