Andreeva reached the final of the last WTA Championship.
Mira Andreeva of Russia has reached the final of the latest WTA tournament being held at Indian Wells. In the semi-final match, she defeated the USA representative Jessica Pegula with the result 6:3, 6:4. The match lasted one hour and 25 minutes, and it was their first meeting in WTA tournaments.
Andreyeva, 19, became the first Russian representative to reach the finals of this competition in the last 14 years. In 2012, Maria Sharapova lost the decisive match to Serena Williams. In the group stage, Andrieva won all three meetings, without losing a single set to her opponents: Alina Svitolina (6:4, 6:0), Arina Sablenko (6:4, 6:0) and Diana Schneider (6:2, 6:1).
Pegula finished in second place in her subgroup: she lost to Corey Gauff with a score of 4:6, 7:6, 2:6, but beat Linda Noskova (7:6, 4:6, 7:5) and Marta Kostiuk (6:2, 7:5). In the second semi-final match, the confrontation will be between Svitolina and Noskova.
This victory will allow Andreeva to take second place in the world rankings for the first time in her career, while she is currently in third place.
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