Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva beat Clara Tauson 7-6 (1), 6-1 in the Dubai (UAE) 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 — the first 17-year-old to achieve that since Nicole Vaidisova in 2007.

It caps quite a week for Andreeva, who 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. She also became the youngest player to reach the final of a WTA 1000 event.

Andreeva’s only other title was the Iasi Open in Romania last year.

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 Saturday in Doha.

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.

“I was really good mentally and didn’t let frustration get over me,” Rublev said. “As soon as I was frustrated, I was able to restart again and I was able to play at the same intensity. That’s the most important thing.”

It was the 17th title of Rublev’s career, having earned his first Doha trophy in 2020.

“It’s my first ever title that I won twice,” Rublev said. “I think both of us were really tired after two three-set matches that finished late. We were exhausted and it was difficult, but somehow we were able to play at a good level. When I lost the second set, I let it go and started to play more freely.”

Rublev improved to 4-0 in his career against Draper.

Still, Draper will improve to a career-high ranking of No. 12 on Monday.

“We played some tough matches this week and in the third set he was just a bit too strong for me,” Draper said. “I’m really proud of my efforts this week. Every day, I wake up and try to improve, so it’s a testament to my hard work I suppose.”

FIGURE SKATING

Mikhail Shaidorov produced a season-best score in the free skate to become the first skater from Kazakhstan to win the Four Continents title since Denis Ten in 2015.

Skating at the same Seoul, South Korea venue where Ten won, Shaidorov held a 12-point lead after the short program and was equally impressive in the free skate, landing four quadruple jumps and three triples for 190.37 points for an overall total of 285.10.

Cha Jun-hwan of South Korea was second with 265.02 points followed by Jimmy Ma of the United States with 245.01.

The 20-year-old Shaidorov, who took part in lessons Ten held in Kazakhstan, earned his first International Skating Union title and first medal at the Four Continents.

“This gold medal means a lot to me,” Shaidorov said. “Ten years ago it was Denis Ten who won the first Four Continents gold medal for Kazakhstan here in Seoul and now I was able to return this medal to our country.”

“The emotions are overwhelming,” Shaidorov said. “It is very meaningful also for Kazakhstan and it is in memory of Denis.”

Ten was stabbed to death during a carjacking in Almaty in July 2018.

Cha was fourth after the short program and turned in a spectacular free skate with a season’s best score of 185.78 to grab the silver medal before the home fans.

In the ice dance final, defending champions Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada held on their slim one-point lead from the rhythm dance to claim their second consecutive title in the event.

Gilles and Poirier finished second to Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates in Saturday’s free dance but their lead from the rhythm dance was good enough to allow them to finish first overall with 218.46 points.

Two-time and reigning world champions Chock and Bates were second with 217.93 points.

SKIING

Mikaela Shiffrin is not yet competitive in her tentative return to racing in giant slaloms. Federica Brignone is currently close to unbeatable.

In just her second GS race three months after a serious crash, Shiffrin did not qualify for a second run for the first time since 2012 by placing outside the top 30 in Sestriere, Italy.

Shiffrin finished 2.50 seconds off the first-run lead set by Alice Robinson with more than 30 faster racers ahead of her who advance to the second run in the afternoon.

Shiffrin had finished 25th in Brignone’s victory Friday in her first giant slalom since suffering severe trauma to her oblique muscles and a deep puncture wound during a GS crash in Killington, Vt., in November when she was within sight of a 100th career victory.

Brignone made it back-to-back wins on home snow, nine days after taking gold in giant slalom at the world championships in Saalbach, Austria.

The 34-year-old Italian was exceptional in the second run to extend her lead in the overall World Cup standings in pursuit of a second career title.

A first Swiss sweep of a World Cup men’s downhill podium in 29 years. A teammate cleared of cancer. It was a stellar day for the home team.

World champion Franjo von Allmen led a 1-2-3 result on home snow at Crans-Montana at the first World Cup downhill since winning his first career gold medal two weeks ago.

Von Allmen rode out a late scare getting unbalanced after landing the final jump to finish 0.13 seconds ahead of team leader Marco Odermatt. Alexis Monney, the worlds bronze medalist, was again third trailing Von Allmen by 0.42.

The standout Switzerland speed team has won five of the six World Cup downhills this season and placed runner-up in all six.

The last time Swiss men swept a World Cup downhill podium was in 1996 at nearby Veysonnaz when Bruno Kernen won.

A standout race for the Swiss followed the announcement that teammate Niels Hintermann is clear of the lymph node cancer that kept him from racing this season. Hintermann, 29, is a two-time winner in Wold Cup downhills.

WINTER SPORTS

Julia Taubitz clinched the women’s World Cup luge singles overall championship, marking the 27th consecutive year that a German slider has captured the title.

Taubitz won the season-ending women’s race in Yanqing, China, her third victory of the nine-race season.

Ashley Farquharson of the U.S. was fifth.

In women’s doubles, Selina Egle and Lara Kipp of Austria got their seventh win of the season to clinch the World Cup crown.

The U.S. sled of Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby was fourth — wrapping up a third-place finish in the season standings.