In doing so, Andreeva became the youngest player to advance to the Indian Wells final since Kim Clijsters in 2001. She also became the fifth player to reach this stage before turning 18 years old since the tournament’s inception in 1989; the other four players to do so are Clijsters, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis and Serena Williams.

Mirra Andreeva has admitted that Iga Swiatek ‘killed her’ midway through their Indian Wells clash on Friday. The teenager remained unfazed by her opponent’s dominance in the second set of the match though, fighting back to reach back-to-back WTA 1000 finals.

Mirra Andreeva is coming for women’s tennis. Or maybe she has already taken it. The toughest task in women’s tennis these days is beating Iga Swiatek on the red clay of Roland Garros, but Andreeva, the 17-year-old Russian,