Second Serve: Your new weekly tennis briefing

Right after winning the Indian Wells title, Mirra Andreeva had to offer a significant apology.

Before her match against world number one Aryna Sabalenka, she apologized to her coaching staff for being “a little brat.”

Andreeva is only 17 years old, so it’s easy to forget. She has already cleaned up at some of the biggest tournaments on the WTA Tour and is playing with the maturity of a seasoned professional.

She continued her winning ways in Indian Wells on Sunday with her 12th successive victory, becoming the youngest woman to do so in a WTA 1000 victory over Dubai last month.

Impressive, don’t you think?

However, she was only able to surpass Iga Swiatek and Sabalenka, the top two players in the world, over the weekend, making her accomplishment even more impressive.

She had a great time recovering after falling to Swiatek in the second set, 6-1, and had a great mental fortitude after falling to Sabalenka in the first set.

No wonder the gifted teen is touted as a potential grand slam and world champion.

Talk naturally leads to the Slam that is most likely to occur, just like Jack Draper, who won the men’s final and is most likely to do the same with him.

In reality, it could be any of the four because Andreeva has a talent for all kinds of situations.

Plans changed frequently. The British number three won the lottery to be eliminated from qualifying, being eliminated in the main draw, and then enjoyed a memorable fortnight.

Sabalenka’s crushing defeat put an end to the run, but Kartal now ranks 63rd in the world rankings, 20 places above Sabalenka’s record-breaking 63rd place.

Maria Sakkari dropped 22 places, despite Kartal’s biggest move, to the bottom.

Sakkari, who was defending points in the Indian Wells final last year, has experienced a first-ever dropout from the top 50 since 2019.

Tallon Griekspoor, who had shocked everyone on his way to his first Masters quarter-final, jumped nine places to 31st overall.

Given that the 28-year-old Dutchman had never defeated a top-five player in his 18 previous outings, few people gave him a chance to defeat top seed Alexander Zverev.

In Indian Wells, Draper and Kartal were just two of the British players who had success.

Olivia Nicholls and Tereza Mihalikova, both of whom are Slovanian, made their first WTA 1000 finals in women’s doubles.

Since forming a partnership with Mihalikova in May, Nicholls, 30, has soared up the rankings.

British number one Nicholls has soared to a career-high 31st in the world despite losing to Dutch-American duo Demi Schurrs and Asia Muhammad.

The second round of the Indian Wells lost to Australia’s champion men’s doubles team, led by Australian Open champion class=”ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3″>Henry Patten.

We travel straight to Miami for the second half of the “Sunshine Double” from Indian Wells.

Another ATP Masters and WTA 1000 event combined. One of the most prestigious prizes in the sport is the Grand Slam, which is the lowest level among the four.

As usual, Novak Djokovic’s quest to avoid a third straight defeat is one of the most intriguing storylines.

Jannik Sinner, the reigning men’s champion, will miss out on his three-month ban for a doping offence, but reigning women’s champion Danielle Collins, who originally planned to retire last year before making a U-turn, will be back.

The main draw features the names Draper, Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter, Cameron Norrie, and Draper from the perspective of Britain.

It can be challenging to keep track of everything from one week to the next due to the number of professional tennis tournaments taking place all over the world and at various levels.

Second Serve will be your weekly roundup of the sport’s most important talking points in line with BBC Sport’s commitment to provide more to tennis fans.

You can see which ATP and WTA players are progressing significantly, how well the British contingent is faring, and where the next stops on the calendar are.