India Wells, California – Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva returned to beat No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, to make the 17-year-old 17-year-old in the BNP Paribas Open in France with Serena Williams since Serena Williams in 1999.
No. 11 Andreeva rose to 19-3 in the season’s win, the biggest win of a women’s tour – and collected her second Masters 2025 1,000 Masters Championship. The other was in Dubai in February, which was her first top 10 rankings. Andreeva will return to that top tier in Monday’s WTA rankings.
Denmark’s 12th seed Holger Runes will face the 13th seed of Britain’s Jack Draper in the men’s final scheduled later Sunday. Draper defended champion Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinal on Saturday.
When she dropped the first set in three-time Grand Slam champion Sabalenka, Andreeva grabbed the ball and placed her body on the field and then angrily turned it towards the stands.
Andreeva – wearing training tape on the right shoulder – performed better in the second set, especially in the serving world, while drawing a 17-7 advantage among the winners. Soon, when she hit the ace for a full-day relationship, that suit belonged to her.
The match enters the game only 1 1/2 hours and they will head to the third set.
The teenager started to start in the best way, breaking down the big Sabalenka of love. Andreeva led 1-0 in third place, and Sabalenka could barely open her racket.
Soon, Andreeva’s lead was 4-2, and she never faltered.
She ended the match with the last forehand winner and then knelt down, covering her face with her hands.
This is her fifth straight defeat of the top 10 opponents, and Andreeva’s highest-ranking player since early 2024 is now 9-5. This includes two wins from Sabalenka and second-place IGA Swiatek, five-time MARID CHAMPION, who lost to Andreeva in the half-time match of Indian Wells.
Andreeva is the first player to beat the first and second place women in the same WTA Championship since Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport and Martina Hingis at the 1999 U.S. Open.
The Russian is also the youngest champion to win the WTA trophy since Maria Sharapova beat Davenport in Tokyo in 2005.
