Dominated by Aryna Sabalenka during the first round, Mirra Andreeva was able to find the solutions to reverse the trend and win the WTA 1000 tournament from Indian Wells.
Dubai was not a straw fire for Mirra Andreeva. Three weeks after her coronation in the Middle East against Clara Tauson, the Russian confirmed to Indian Wells that she was one of the players in shape on the female circuit. Iga Swiatek tomb this Friday during the semi-finals, She did better than confirm in the final of the WTA 1000 Californian tournament against Aryna Sabalenka.
A meeting that the 11th world player could have started on the right foot. Indeed, after two first games easily won by the one who hired, Mirra Andreeva had four opportunities to take the service of the world’s number 1. To experience, the Belarusian managed to dismiss them one by one before making these failures regret to his opponent. Indeed, On a white game, the number 1 series of the tournament Breaké Russian to go to the head race. Not then conceding the slightest opportunity to return to his opponent, the games paraded. When serving to stay in this first round, Mirra Andreeva once again sold.
Mr. Andreeva did not sink
The second set ball was the right one for Aryna Sabalenka. With this first round concluded in just over half an hour, the public could have believed that this final was going to be expeditious in favor of the Belarusian as the first two confrontations between the two players this year, in Brisbane and then to the Australian Open. However, this was absolutely not the case. From the start of the second round, the Russian gave signs of rebellion. But the three break balls obtained at the start were not converted
. Except that this time, the Belarusian did not know how to knock out her opponent. On the contrary, from her second visit to the service, she conceded it because Mirra Andreeva finally found the solutions to grasp her luck and take the lead in the score. The world number 1 then had two opportunities to pick up but without converting them. In the final stretch of this second round, Mirra Andreeva could have concluded earlier with a first set ball on the opposing service.
It was ultimately on a white game that the 11th world player has definitely revived the suspense.
Sabalenka ended up giving in
On its momentum, the Russian A Breaké Blanc Aryna Sabalenka. However, the start of this last round was marked by a great nervousness of the two players. She resulted in three first games all concluded on a break. This allowed Mirra Andreeva to race in mind. The games followed one another without the Belarusian managing to respond to her opponent. The latter did not even wait to serve for the gain of the match. Indeed, It was on her first match ball on Aryna Sabalenka’s commitment that she ended this final (2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in 2h06 ‘).
At only 17, Mirra Andreeva offers herself a second consecutive title in a WTA 1000 tournament and ensures climb to sixth in the world as of Monday. For the Belarusian, it is a second defeat in the final at Indian Wells after that against Elena Rybakina in 2023. However, this result and the elimination of Iga Swiatek from the semi-finals do his business because She will still dig the gap on the Polish in the WTA ranking.
