Teenage tennis phenom Mirra Andreeva toppled world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 to win the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Sunday. However that is not all of the 17-year-old Andreeva completed.
The Russian tennis participant, who turned professional three years in the past on the age of 14, additionally defeated world No. 2 Iga Swiatek within the BNP Paribas Open semifinal simply days previous to her victory over Sabalenka. Andreeva turned the primary ladies’s tennis participant beneath the age of 18 to defeat world Nos. 1 and a pair of in back-to-back matches since 23-time main winner Serena Williams, who achieved the feat again in 1999 on the US Open. The one different ladies’s participant beneath the age of 18 to perform such a feat was 22-time main winner Steffi Graf again in 1987.
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Andreeva’s highway to the title at Indian Wells did not simply embrace the world’s two greatest gamers. She additionally defeated three gamers ranked contained in the top-25 en path to the BNP Paribas Open victory, the third title of her profession and second straight this season.
However equally spectacular was the way by which Andreeva defeated Sabalenka, a three-time main winner. Sabalenka cruised to a primary set victory in 36 minutes. However Andreeva raised her stage of play within the second and third units, holding a 17-7 edge in winners within the second set to stage the match at a set apiece. She opened the third arrange a break, and by no means appeared again.
Andreeva, at the moment ranked eleventh, will rise to No. 6 within the WTA’s rankings set to launch on Monday. She has extra match wins, 19, than any girl on tour this season.
