The rivalry is on.
The two leading teenagers in the world faced off for the second time this season in the Qatar TotalEnergies Open third round, and this time it was a classic. No. 10 seed Victoria Mboko reversed the result of January’s Adelaide final to defeat No. 5 seed Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) in 2 hours and 10 minutes for the first time. Andreeva held one match point at 5-4 in the third set, but squandered it with a double fault.
Doha: Scores | Draws | Order of play
The result was 19-year-old Mboko’s third career Top 10 win, and she advances to her second career WTA 1000 quarterfinal following her surprise run to last year’s Montreal title. She also becomes the second player this year to…