Russian tennis star Mirra Andreeva may have stumbled at this year's Indian Wells, but the 18-year-old earned a pretty penny for winning the event in 2025. However, while the youngster pocketed £830,000 for clinching the tournament, she opened up on how she was forced to hand over the winnings to her father, as she was yet to turn 18.

Andreeva's short professional career has already seen her bank more than British No. 1 Emma Raducanu, despite Raducanu having a major under her belt, the 2021 US Open. At just 17, Andreeva overcame an opening set loss against Aryna Sabalenka to win a thrilling 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 match at Indian Wells. Her win in California followed her triumph at the Dubai Championships. Andreeva now has career earnings of around £6m while Raducanu has £4.2m, despite Andreeva not turning professional until 2022.

Discussing her finances in 2025, Andreeva touched upon how her millions were going to her father. She said: "All questions to my dad. It all goes on his credit card because I don't have my own yet. I cannot have my own bank account because I'm not 18."

Andreeva has not been as fortunate at Indian Wells this year, however. The Russian lost to Katerina Siniakova in the third round and surrendered her title in controversial circumstances.

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She was seen shouting obscenities as she walked off the court and throwing her racket as she approached the net. She opened up on the outburst afterwards.

"I'm not really proud of how I managed it," She said. She added that any swearing picked up by courtside microphones was not aimed at the crowd.

"It was to myself, to everyone, basically," she added. "I mean, after the loss, I just get very angry, so I say those things sometimes to myself.

"I mean, first to myself, of course, but then, yeah, it was just anger coming out, just a lot of emotions. Not really towards anyone."

Raducanu has also had an Indian Wells to forget. The 23-year-old lost to 2025 Wimbledon and US Open finalist Amanda Anisimova in just 52 minutes.

The tournament saw the 2021 US Open champion reteam with coach Mark Petchey on a temporary basis after parting ways with Francisco Roig in January. However, after her swift defeat, Raducanu believed she needed an injection of "aggression" in her game.

"When I'm playing someone who's at the top like that, I think they have an extra 10 miles an hour on their serve than me," Raducanu said on facing Anisimova. "If I'm not feeling it, that gap feels more evident in terms of weight of shot, in terms of power.

"You just feel a little bit behind and your punches aren't landing as much as theirs are. I need to obviously be aggressive when playing those players, but I think there's still a long way to go to be doing that and I need to use my strengths and probably mix it up a bit more."