Mirra Andreeva scores Elena Rybakina win in rainy Indian Wells

Mirra Andreeva thundered to a second victory over Elena Rybakina in three weeks, navigating a rainy Tuesday to win, 6-1, 6-2 and make her first BNP Paribas Open quarterfinal.

The ninth-seeded 17-year-old needed three sets to defeat Rybakina en route to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title last month but was much more efficient in spite of a lengthy rain delay to defeat the No. 7 seed in 64 minutes on Court 2.

Andreeva has played stellar tennis in her first tournament since capturing a maiden WTA 1000 title and ascending into the Top 10, rolling into the fourth round without dropping a set. She allowed just three games to No. 22 seed Clara Tauson in a rematch of their Dubai final to book another rematch with Rybakina.

A former Wimbledon champion, Rybakina has played solid tennis through a chaotic start to her season, one that has involved multiple coaching switches and the reported one-year ban handed to former coach Stefano Vukov. Rybakina officially began working with former ATP player Davide Sanguinetti following the Australian Open and posted strong resulted through the Middle East Swing, reaching semifinals in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, plus a quarterfinal in Doha.

Like Andreeva, Rybakina also made the fourth round without dropping a set, but quickly fell behind Tuesday evening against her young opposition, who broke in the third game.

Andreeva was looking to consolidate her early lead when the stormy conditions that interrupted play throughout the afternoon returned in earnest, and the players were sent off court waiting for action to resume.

Once back on court, Andreeva hit the ground running, reeling off four straight games to capture the opening set. Though she threw in an ill-timed double fault to hand Rybakina an opening break in the second, the teenager recovered with aplomb as she turned the tables to earn a 5-2 lead.

Andreeva engineered a pair of match points on Rybakina's serve and quickly converted the second to ease over the finish line after barely an hour on court.

Waiting for her in the last eight is a first meeting with No. 23 seed Elina Svitolina, a former world No. 3 fresh off a big win over No. 4 seed Jessica Pegula earlier on Tuesday.