This year, Mirra Andreeva has put together one of the most striking seasons on the tour. First of all, at just seventeen years old, she won the Dubai Championships to become the youngest WTA 1000 champion in history and followed it with another title in Indian Wells. There she’d beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final.
Her Grand Slam results have been equally sharp with a quarterfinal run in singles at the French Open, a semifinal in doubles, and another quarterfinal at Wimbledon. That makes her the youngest to achieve that since Maria Sharapova did so in 2005. With doubles titles in Brisbane and Miami alongside Diana Shnaider, and a top ten ranking already secured, she has entered the US Open carrying an ankle concern, but remains one of the most dangerous names in the draw. And so does her