ST PETERSBURG, Fla. — Teenage tennis star Mirra Andreeva is still making history. Her amazing win at the WTA 1000 BNP Paribas Open on Sunday has pushed her up to 3rd place in the latest PIF Race to the WTA Finals Leaderboard.
At 17 years old, Andreeva became the youngest champion at Indian Wells in over 25 years. She is also the youngest player to beat the world’s top-ranked player in a singles final since 2005.
Madison Keys is currently leading the Leaderboard with just under 3,000 points, followed by Aryna Sabalenka in second place. Andreeva is now in third with 2,500 points after winning her second WTA 1000 title this season at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. She defeated Sabalenka in the Indian Wells final.
In doubles, Asia Muhammed and Demi Schuurs made a big jump to fourth place on the PIF Race to the WTA Finals Leaderboard with 1,000 points after winning the BNP Paribas Open title. Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend remain in first place, adding 390 points from their semifinal appearance at Indian Wells.
The next two weeks are important for earning ranking points as the Miami Open presented by Itaú, the season’s fourth WTA 1000 event, begins.
The WTA Finals in Riyadh, presented by PIF, will feature the top 8 singles and doubles teams from the PIF Race to the WTA Finals Leaderboard. The eighth spot will go to a Grand Slam winner if they are ranked between No. 8 and No. 20. The tournament will showcase the top eight singles players and doubles teams competing in a round-robin format. The singles champion will receive the WTA Finals Billie Jean King Trophy, and the doubles champions will receive the WTA Finals Martina Navratilova Trophy.
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