Seventeen-year-old Mirra Andreeva pulled off a stunning upset at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, defeating sixth seed Elena Rybakina in the semifinals to become the youngest player ever to reach a WTA 1000 final since the format’s inception in 2009.
Already the youngest semifinalist in the tournament’s history, Andreeva took things a step further with a hard-fought 6-4 4-6 6-3 victory over the 2022 Wimbledon champion. After dropping the second set that went with serve until the final game, the No.