Mirra Andreeva advanced to the championship match of the WTA Finals 2026 by defeating Jessica Pegula in straight sets.
The third-seeded player secured a 6-3, 6-4 victory over the fifth-seeded American in one hour and 25 minutes at Indian Wells, California, oasport.it reported. Andreeva is set to become the world number two starting Monday.
The opening set saw an exchange of breaks between the third and fourth games. Both players missed break opportunities in the fifth and sixth games before the Russian competitor gained the decisive advantage in the eighth game. Andreeva capitalized on a break point at the advantages and then held off an immediate break attempt in the ninth game to capture the set 6-3 in 43 minutes.
Pegula initially took a 3-1 lead in the second set after an exchange of breaks in the fourth and fifth games. Andreeva responded by winning the next games to level the score at 3-3, then broke serve at 15 in the seventh game to lead 4-3.
A parziale di 15 punti a 4 in favore della russa propizia l’allungo sul 5-3, che arriva ai vantaggi dell’ottavo gioco. Pegula attempted to narrow the gap, but Andreeva served out the match in the tenth game, closing the second set 6-4 in 42 minutes.
Match statistics showed Andreeva winning 71 total points compared to Pegula’s 57. The victor recorded 17 winners against 26 unforced errors, while the American totaled 12 winners and 32 unforced errors. Andreeva converted four of nine break points and saved four of six against her serve, while winning 77 percent of her first-serve points compared to 63 percent for Pegula.
Andreeva will face the winner of the semifinal between the Czech Republic’s Linda Noskova and Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina in the final.
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