Swiatek stunned by Andreeva, 17, in Dubai quarters

World number two Iga Swiatek is out of the Dubai Tennis Championships after a shock 6-3 6-3 quarter-final defeat by 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva.

The Russian teenager is the youngest-ever player to reach the last four of the tournament.

She was 3-1 down in the second set before reeling off five games in a row to beat Poland’s Swiatek, a five-time Grand Slam winner, in one hour 36 minutes.

Later on Thursday, Andreeva and Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan and Sofia Kenin from the United States squared off in a tie.

“Honestly, I was really nervous before the match and we played in Cincinnati last year]which Swiatek won] and it was pretty intense”, Andreeva said.

“So I just admitted that I played well and that I just need to keep going aggressively and making my shots.”

” It was also not easy with all the fans]supporting Swiatek] but I think we were even. Many people were there to cheer me on.

With the victory, the Russian has now defeated both of the top two players in the world in the last 12 months, defeating world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the French Open quarter-finals last year.