By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennisnow | Sunday, February 23, 2025
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Mirria Andva made history as the newest WTA 1000 champion with its title in Dubai run on Saturday.
17-year-old Andreeva debuts in the top 10 of this week becoming the youngest woman to hit the top 10 places since a 17-year-old Nicole Vaidisova in 2007.
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Two months in the 2025 season, Andreeva has already dropped the three champions of Grand Slam –Elena Rybakina, IgA swiatek AND Marketapoutova market-Cap her second career title and posted a 13-3 record.
So what is the last goal of Andreeva this season?
Broken Top 5.
“Now when you enter the Top 10 and the higher your ranking, the slower and longer you will need you to be even higher because the point change is very, very short, very small, “Andreeva told the media in Dubai. “I think if I win another tour, I’ll be Top 8.
“If I win another tour, I can still be Top 8 and I can just stay there. I think it will be hard to get into the top 5.
“This is the exact goal that I will decide for myself, be 5 ball by the end of the year. I am very curious if I will be able to reach it.”
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Andreeva fought the WTA ACE leader Clara Tauson 7-6 (1), 6-1 in the Dubai final on Saturday to collect her biggest career title.
Then, 22-year-old Tauson, who surprised No. 1 and Saballen On the way to the final, said that Andreeva is no longer a promising phenomenon, it is a contenders for the true title on all surfaces.
“I mean, I don’t think she is promising anymore. I think she’s at the top of our game,” Tauson told Andreeva. “I mean, yes, she never goes away. She fights for every single point. She plays some annoying slices.
“When I think I’ve probably won the point, it is there all the time. I mean, I think with a cooler body and mind, I could have done even more. But yes, the first three games It was probably the biggest energy I had in the whole match.
“Yes, she is definitely a great player and wishes her.”
