Tennis
Potapova climbed 13 places in the WTA rankings after winning the tournament in Linz, Samsonova won back four places
Russian Anastasia Potapova moved from 44th to 31st place in the ranking of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), a new version of which is published on site organizations.
On Sunday, Potapova won the tournament in Linz, Austria, in the final of which she defeated Croatian Petra Martic.
Lyudmila Samsonova moved up from 19th to 15th after she reached the final of the tournament in Abu Dhabi, where she lost to Swiss Belinda Bencic, who remains in ninth place.
The best among Russians is Daria Kasatkina (eighth position), who stopped at the ¼ finals of the tournament in Abu Dhabi. The first line in the ranking is retained by the Polish Iga Sventek.
WTA Rankings February 13:
eleven). Iga Sventek (Poland) – 10485 points
2(2). Arina Sobolenko (Belarus) – 6100
3(3). Ons Jaber (Tunisia) – 5210
4 (4). Jessica Pegula (USA) – 5000
5 (5). Caroline Garcia (France) – 4795
6(6). Corey Gauff (USA) – 3992
7(7). Maria Sakkari (Greece) – 3616
8(8). Daria Kasatkina (Russia) – 3425
9(9). Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) – 3275
10(10). Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 2860
11(11). Veronika Kudermetova – 2740 …
15 (19). Lyudmila Samsonova – 2209 …
18 (17). Ekaterina Alexandrova – 2005 …
31 (44). Anastasia Potapova – 1439 …
56 (55). Anna Kalinskaya – 973 …
71(67). Anna Blinkova — 851…
84 (84). Varvara Gracheva – 767 …
92(94). Diana Schneider (all – Russia) – 699.
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The third racket of the world, German Alexander Zverev, reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.
In the fourth round, Zverev defeated Argentinean Francisco Cerundolo with a score of 6:2, 6:4, 6:4. The meeting lasted 2 hours 12 minutes.
The next opponent of the 28-year-old German will be the winner of the match Daniil Medvedev (Russia, 11) – Lerner Thien (USA, 25).
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Men. Fourth circle
Alexander Zverev (Germany, 3) – Francisco Serundolo (Arentina, 18) – 6:2, 6:4, 6:4
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Number three in the ATP rankings Alexander Zverev He reached the quarter-finals of the 2026 Australian Open, played on the hard courts of Melbourne Park.
In the fourth round of the major, Zverev confidently defeated the representative of Argentina in three sets Francisco Cherundolo (ATR 21) in 2 hours 12 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. 1/16 finals
Alexander Zverev (Germany) [3] – Francisco Cherundolo (Argentina) [18] – 6:2, 6:4, 6:4
Zverev played against Cherundolo for the sixth time and defeated his opponent for the third time.
Last year Alexander lost to Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open final. Zverev’s next opponent will be either Daniil Medvedev or Lerner Thien.
Zverev became the second quarterfinalist of AO-2026. Previously, Carlos Alcaraz reached this stage by beating Tommy Paul.
Photo gallery of the match
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The first racket of the world, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, broke Serbian Novak Djokovic’s record for the number of tiebreakers won in a row at Grand Slam tournaments, OptaAce reports on social networks.
On Saturday, Sabalenka beat Canada’s Victoria Mboko 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Sabalenka won her 20th consecutive tiebreaker at Grand Slam tournaments and set a new record, surpassing Djokovic’s achievement (19).
“I’m upset now,” Djokovic responded to the record on social networks.
In the next round of competition, Sabalenka will meet with 18-year-old American Iva Jovic.
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