Mirra Andreeva turned the youngest WTA 1000 winner along with her 7-6 (1) 6-1 victory over Clara Tauson on the Dubai Obligation Free Tennis Championships.
In what was a primary WTA 1000 closing for each gamers, twelfth seed Andreeva took one hour and 46 minutes to wrap up the hard-fought victory.
Andreeva is simply 17 years and 298 days outdated and is the youngest ever finalist because the WTA 1000 idea began again in 2009, beating Elena Rybakina within the semi-finals to ebook her spot.
The victory additionally strikes Andreeva into the highest 10 of the WTA rankings, along with her set to rise from no 14 to ninth within the rankings.
That may make her the primary teenager to enter the highest 10 since Nicole Vaidisova again in 2007.
Different teenagers who made WTA 1000 finals at this stage since 2020 are Iga Swiatek, who went onto win in 2021 in Rome, and Coco Gauff with right here 2023 win in Cincinnati.
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