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Mirra Andreeva has risen to a career-best No. 9 in the rankings. That makes the Russian the first 17-year-old in the WTA’s Top 10 since Nicole Vaidisova in 2007. Andreeva moved up five spots thanks to her title Saturday in Dubai. She beat past Grand Slam champions Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina and Marketa Vondrousova there en route to becoming the youngest player to claim the trophy at a WTA 1000 tournament. Australian Open winner Madison Keys also reached a career-high ranking on Monday. She moved up to No. 5 despite not playing a match since her triumph at Melbourne Park last month.

Andrey Rublev credited his mental approach after beating Jack Draper 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 to win the Qatar Open for the second time. It was Rublev’s third three-set win in three days. The Russian also dropped the second set in his two previous matches against Alex de Minaur and Felix Auger-Aliassime. Rublev says he “was really good mentally and didn’t let frustration get over me." It was the 17th title of Rublev’s career. He earned his first Doha trophy in 2020. Rublev improved to 4-0 in his career against Draper. Draper will still improve to a career-high ranking of No. 12 on Monday.

Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva beat Clara Tauson 7-6 (1), 6-1 in the Dubai Championships to earn the biggest title of her career. The victory will earn Andreeva her debut in the top 10 of the rankings next week. She is the first 17-year-old to achieve that feat since Nicole Vaidisova in 2007. It caps quite a week for Andreeva. She also had wins over 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, five-time major champion Iga Swiatek and 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina to become the youngest player to defeat three major champions at a single event since Maria Sharapova at the 2004 WTA Finals. Andreeva’s only other title was the Iasi Open in Romania last year.