Russian 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva wins title in Dubai and will enter the top 10 of the rankings

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Russia’s Mirra Andreeva reacts after winning the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship final match against Denmark’s Clara Tauson in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Russia’s Mirra Andreeva is presented the winner’s trophy by Sheikha Latifa after the Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championship final match in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Russia’s Mirra Andreeva reacts during the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship final match against Denmark’s Clara Tauson in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Denmark’s Clara Tauson reacts during the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship final match against Russia’s Mirra Andreeva in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Russia’s Mirra Andreeva holds the winner’s trophy after the Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championship final match in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Denmark’s Clara Tauson returns to Russia’s Mirra Andreeva during the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship final match in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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The runner-up, Denmark’s Clara Tauson, left, stands while Russia’s Mirra Andreeva is presented the winner’s trophy by Sheikha Latifa after the Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championship final match in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Russia’s Mirra Andreeva returns to Denmark’s Clara Tauson during the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship final match in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva beat Clara Tauson 7-6 (1), 6-1 in the Dubai Championships on Saturday to earn the biggest title of her career.

The victory will earn Andreeva her debut in the top 10 of the rankings next week — the first 17-year-old to achieve that since Nicole Vaidisova in 2007.

It caps quite a week for Andreeva, who also had wins over 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, five-time major champion Iga Swiatek and 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina to become the youngest player to defeat three major champions at a single event since Maria Sharapova at the 2004 WTA Finals. She also became the youngest player to reach the final of a WTA 1000 event.

Andreeva’s only other title was the Iasi Open in Romania last year.

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