Wild card Ajla Tomljanovic came from 3-1 down in the second set to defeat Katie Volynets in the ATX Open first round.
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On Saturday, the 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva became the youngest player to win a WTA 1000 tournament after her triumph in the UAE, and in addition to rising up the leaderboard, she also has secured her Top 10 debut (at No.
Kimberly Birrell of Australia earned a 7-6(5), 7-6(5) win over No. 4 seed and defending champion Yuan Yue of China in the first round of the ATX Open on Monday night.
She entered the tournament without a title at this level, and she left it with her name alongside Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek, and Victoria Azarenka on a short list of teenage champions. At 17, Mirra Andreeva is playing like she belongs there.
She has won 31 titles, made history at Wimbledon and earned more than $37 million. Now, Petra Kvitova returns to the tour not to prove anything, but because she still loves the game.
Mirra Andreeva capped a career-best week by capturing the biggest title of her career, defeating Clara Tauson to win the WTA 1000 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday night.
Top seeds Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend repeated their Australian Open feat to beat No. 3 seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Jelena Ostapenko to win the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
The WTA 1000 Miami Open presented by Itaú announced their initial player field on Wednesday, with all of the Top 70 players in the PIF WTA Rankings entered to return to South Florida for the second leg of the Sunshine Double.
Youth will be served in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva is set to take on Denmark's Clara Tauson for the biggest title of their careers.
The next generation of stars has arrived as Mirra Andreeva takes on Clara Tauson in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final. Advantage whom? We break it down.
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