Mirra Andreeva has secured her spot in the semifinals of the WTA Finals after a stunning win over Aryna Sabalenka.

Andreeva won the final 11 games of the blockbuster clash at Indian Wells, where she triumphed 6-4, 6-0 in one hour and two minutes. She is now into the knockout stages, having beaten Elina Svitolina by the exact same scoreline in her opening match.

With her latest victory at the WTA Finals, Andreeva has followed in the footsteps of WTA icon Caroline Wozniacki. But more significantly, the Russian superstar has managed to create tennis history at the year-end event thanks to her success against Sabalenka.

Mirra Andreeva makes tennis history after WTA Finals win vs Aryna Sabalenka

After blowing away Sabalenka, the 19-year-old is now the youngest player to reach the WTA Finals semifinals since Wozniacki in 2009. And the Russian is the fifth teenager to reach that stage since the current format was introduced in 2003. She has emulated Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, and current rival Coco Gauff.

More notably, however, Andreeva has just become the first player in the history of the WTA Finals to win a 6-0 set in each of her first two matches. It’s been a sensational tournament so far from the youngster, who now completes her group stage campaign against Karolina Muchova.

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Caroline Wozniacki enjoyed WTA Finals success during glittering career

Andreeva is certainly enjoying her tennis right now, with the teenager currently third in the WTA rankings. Moreover, she claimed her maiden Grand Slam title earlier this season at the French Open, defeating Maja Chwalinska in the final.

Incidentally, former player Wozniacki ended her glittering career with one Grand Slam title from the 2018 Australian Open. That followed final losses at the US Open in 2009 and 2014. She also climbed as high as world number one, as well as claiming 30 WTA titles. Andreeva is currently in her career-high rank, while she boasts six titles.

She clearly has a long way to go to continue emulating Wozniacki, although the Russian will be hoping to perform better at this year’s WTA Finals than the Dane did back in 2009. Just like Andreeva this year, Wozniacki was making her debut at the tournament, where she stormed into the semifinals before an unfortunate loss to Serena Williams. Trailing 6-4, 0-1, she was forced to retire due to a stomach strain.

Wozniacki lost in the final of the WTA Finals the following year, falling to Kim Clijsters. But she did manage to get her hands on the trophy in 2017, defeating Venus Williams in the final. Again like Andreeva, Wozniacki also enjoyed doubles success, although the former has already surpassed the latter for career titles in the format.