Mirra Andreeva is relishing her meteoric rise after winning the Indian Wells title with a comeback win over world number one, Aryna Sabalenka. (More Tennis News)
Andreeva emerged a 2-6 6-4 6-3 victor over Sabalenka on Sunday, with her latest title triumph seeing the 17-year-old surge into the top 10 of the WTA rankings.
Having defeated Iga Swiatek in the semi-finals, Andreeva became the youngest player in the last 40 years to defeat the world number one and two in a single WTA event.
Indeed, the only younger player to achieve that feat in a WTA-1000/Tier One바카라 웹사이트or grand slam was Tracy Austin, who did so on her way to lifting the US Open title back in 1979.바카라 웹사이트
She is the third-youngest Indian Wells champion, after Martina Hingis in 1998 and Serena Williams in 1999, but she said she was taking her new-found stardom well in her stride.바카라 웹사이트
"Maybe it's happening fast, but I like it,"바카라 웹사이트Andreeva바카라 웹사이트said after ensuring she will climb to a career-high sixth in the world on Monday.바카라 웹사이트"If it's happening fast, I take it."
And Andreeva's route to glory against Sabalenka was far from straightforward, having lost the opening set, though she rallied to stun the Belarusian.바카라 웹사이트
In the last 40 years, Andreeva is the third-youngest player to defeat the world number one바카라 웹사이트in a WTA final from a set down - older only than Jennifer Capriati (vs Monica Seles, San Diego 1991) and Gabriela Sabatini바카라 웹사이트(vs Steffi Graf, Boca Raton 1988).
Her triumph at Indian Wells followed her victory at the Dubai Tennis Championships, where she became the youngest player to win a WTA 1000 event at바카라 웹사이트17 years and 299 days.바카라 웹사이트
But Andreeva was quick to point to her coaching line-up, backed by 1994 Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez, as key to her recent success.바카라 웹사이트
Martinez teamed up with the talented teenager shortly after her first-round exit to바카라 웹사이트Katie Volynets at Indian Wells last year.바카라 웹사이트
"Since the beginning of our work relationship, I already felt like we had a great connection,"바카라 웹사이트Andreeva said this week.바카라 웹사이트"I felt very comfortable around her.
"I feel like we're both very energetic, and I feel like we both know how to be energetic, but when we need to, we also calm down and take things seriously."
Andreeva was not taking much time to savour her victory, with a chance to add a third WTA 1000 title to her resume before her 18th birthday in April.
Her next event will be at the바카라 웹사이트Miami Open, where she was placed in the third quarter alongside the likes of Jessica Pegula, Emma Navarro and바카라 웹사이트Emma Raducanu.바카라 웹사이트
Andreeva is seeded 11th for the tournament and will face off against either바카라 웹사이트Veronika Kudermetova or바카라 웹사이트Xinyu Wang in her first match of the competition.바카라 웹사이트
"I think that we're going to celebrate in the airport or on the plane because tomorrow morning we're going to fly to Miami," added바카라 웹사이트Andreeva.바카라 웹사이트
