Mirra Andreeva's Main Objective for 2025

By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Sunday, February 23, 2025
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Mirra Andreeva made historical past because the youngest WTA 1000 champion along with her Dubai title run on Saturday.

The 17-year-old Andreeva debuts within the Prime 10 this week changing into the youngest girl to crack the Prime 10 since a 17-year-old Nicole Vaidisova in 2007.

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Two months into the 2025 season, Andreeva has already knocked off three Grand Slam champions—Elena Rybakina, Iga Swiatek and Marketa Vondrousova—captured her second profession title and posted a 13-3 file.

So what’s Andreeva’s final aim this season?

Crack the Prime 5.

“Now if you enter prime 10 and the upper your rating is, the slower and longer it may take so that you can be even larger as a result of the distinction within the factors may be very, very quick, very small,” Andreeva advised the media in Dubai. “I believe that if I win one other event, I will be prime 8.

“If I win one other event, I can nonetheless be prime 8 and I can simply keep there. I believe it may be laborious to enter prime 5.

“That is the precise aim that I will set for myself, to be prime 5 by the top of the yr. I am very curious if I will obtain it.”

Andreeva fought off WTA ace chief Clara Tauson 7-6(1), 6-1 within the Dubai remaining on Saturday to gather her largest profession title.

Afterward, the 22-year-old Tauson, who stunned No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka en path to the ultimate, stated Andreeva is now not a promising phenom, she is a real title contender on all surfaces.

“I imply, I do not suppose she’s promising anymore. I believe she’s on the prime of our recreation,” Tauson stated of Andreeva. “I imply, yeah, she by no means goes away. She fights for each single level. She performs some annoying slices.

“After I suppose I’ve perhaps received the purpose, she’s there on a regular basis. I imply, I believe with a bit little bit of a brisker physique and thoughts, I may have performed some extra. However yeah, the primary three video games had been most likely essentially the most vitality I had in the entire match.

“Yeah, she’s clearly a fantastic participant and congrats to her.”