Mumbai, Jan. 22 -- By dismantling Maria Sakkari, a former world No.3, through the first eight games to pick up a 6-0, 6-4 win on Wednesday, 18-year-old Mirra Andreeva collected her eighth singles victory at the Australian Open. No active teenage female tennis pro has as many. For context, when Emma Raducanu, who crashed out of her second round on Wednesday, pocketed seven main draw singles match wins at the 2021 US Open at 18, she became the champion. Since the turn of the century, Andreeva is only the fourth player to taste 30 or more Grand Slam singles wins before turning 19, as per WTA. The other three: Maria Sharapova, Nicole Vaidisova and Coco Gauff. Within this small sample of young phenoms in women's tennis lies the varied paths to t...