Rising star Mirra Andreeva has become the youngest player to never claim a Wta 1000 title Saturday when she beat Clara Tauson to win the Tennis Championships Dubai Duty Free.
Another 17 years and 299 days, Andreeva Also climbed in the top 10 in the world ranking with victory, becoming the youngest player to reach these heights since Nicole Vaidisova in 2007.
The Russian player took an hour and 46 minutes to defeat Tauson 7-6 (1), 22, 6-1 in the final, falling on his knees to celebrate as she celebrated the victory before going up to recognize the crowd.
In her interview on the field thereafter, she thanked her team, her family and the crowd before thanking herself halfway.
“Finally and above all, I would like to thank myself,” she said, smiling while the crowd laughed. “I know what I was dealing with and I just want to thank myself for always believing in me.”
The two players participated in their first WTA 1000 final after taking advantage of stellar weeks to get there – Andreeva beat the five -time champion of the Grand Chelem Iga Å›wiÄ…tek in the quarter -final, then the world n ° 7 Elena Rybakina in the semi -finals while that Tauson eliminated the world number 1 in the world. Aryna Sabalenka in the round of 16.
At first, the pair was evenly equal to the final. Andreeva conceded a break immediately after hitting two consecutive double defects in her opening service, but she used the set with a dominant performance in the equality break.
With the first secure set, Andreeva seemed more assured in the second, defending three break points to consolidate his own break at 3-1, then win each subsequent match to seal the victory.
As she is even less than 18 years old, there are games of victory that she cannot yet appreciate, such as sipping a glass of champagne or having a bank account to accept the price of $ 597,000.
“All questions to my father,” she told journalists when asked how she would spend the price, According to the tournament website. “Everything goes on his credit card because I have not yet mine. I cannot have my own bank account because I am not 18 years old. I hope he will let me spend somewhere, buy chips and coke … Honestly, I don’t even know what I want. »»
Upon entering the top 10 – she will go from n ° 14 to the world in n ° 9 in the new WTA – Andreeva classification said that she had already achieved her objective of the year. Now she says she will aim to be in the top five by the end of the year.
“I am very curious to know if I can get there,” she said, according to the WTA.
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