WTA Finals: Mirra Andreeva Beats Jessica Pegula to Reach Final in Indian Wells
Andreeva stayed unbeaten at the $10 million event and will face either Linda Noskova or Elina Svitolina for the title.
- On Saturday, 19-year-old Mirra Andreeva reached the WTA Finals championship match in Indian Wells, California, defeating American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-4.
- The $10 million tournament moved from Riyadh to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden due to the US-Israeli war with Iran.
- Unbeaten in the tournament, the 19-year-old became the youngest finalist since Maria Sharapova in 2004, winning 77% of points behind her first serve.
- Andreeva will face Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova or 2019 WTA Finals champion Elina Svitolina in Sunday's final, ensuring she finishes the year as world number two.
- Coached by Conchita Martinez, Andreeva has lost only 18 games throughout the tournament. "Usually I feel like on these important points or when I have to close out the match or the set I get so tight," she told Sky Sports.
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Andreeva dispatches Pegula to reach WTA Finals championship match
Russian Mirra Andreeva beat American Jessica Pegula and reached the final at her debut Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles tournament
Russian Mirra Andreeva beat American Jessica Pegula and reached the final at her debut Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles tournament.The match ended with the score 6:3, 6:4. The tennis players met for the first time and spent 1 hour and 25...
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Mirra Andreeva beats Jessica Pegula to reach title match of the WTA Finals
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Mirra Andreeva defeated Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-4 to reach the title match of the WTA Finals on Saturday, becoming the first teenager to do so since 2004.
Mirra Andreeva, number 3 of the seeding and number 2 of the world since next Monday, is the first finalist of the WTA Finals 2026 of tennis: at Indian Wells (California, USA), in the first semifinal the Russian eliminates in two sets the number 5 of the tournament, the American Jessica Pegula, defeated with the score of 6-3 6-4 in [...]
Mirra Andreeva became the first player to reach the final of the Women's Tennis World Championship in Indian Wells: the Russian player won 6:3, 6:4 against American Jessica Pegula in the first semifinal of Saturday's WTA World Championship.
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