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Russian teen Andreeva focused on the job as WTA ranking rises

Mirra Andreeva's rise in the WTA rankings has accelerated so quickly that the 17-year-old Russian can't keep track.

She cracked the top 10 -- reaching No. 9 -- when she triumphed in Dubai last month to become the youngest-ever WTA 1000 champion, beating Grand Slam champions Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina along the way.

She was ranked 11th when she arrived at Indian Wells, but after beating Rybakina again in the fourth round and topping Elina Svitolina in the quarter-finals she'll be headed back to the top 10 again.

She wasn't aware, because unlike last year -- when she'd been promised she could get a dog if she broke into the top 20 -- she wasn't paying very close attention.