Tennis
Mirra Andreeva climbs nine spots in WTA rankings
Mirra Andreeva / Photo: © Robert Prange / Contributor / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva rose from 32nd to 23rd place in the WTA rankings.
Andreeva won the first title of her career on July 26, winning the WTA 250 tournament in the Romanian city of Iasi. On Sunday, the Russian failed to reach the second round of the Olympic tournament in Paris.
The ranking is headed by Iga Swiatek from Poland, in second place is American Cori Gauff, in third place is Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus.
There were no changes in the top ten. The best Russian remains Darya Kasatkina, occupying 12th place. Diana Schneider dropped from 23rd to 24th position in a week.
WTA Rankings, version from July 29:
1 (1). Iga Sviontek (Poland) – 11005 points;
2 (2). Corey Gauff (USA) – 8173;
3 (3). Arina Sabalenka (Belarus) – 7061;
4 (4). Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 6376;
5 (5). Jasmine Paolini (Italy) – 5373;
6 (6). Jessica Pegula (USA) – 4665;
7 (7) Zheng Qingwen (China) – 4025;
8 (8). Maria Sakkari (Greece) – 3925;
9 (9). Daniel Collins (USA) – 3702;
10 (10). Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) – 3573…
12 (12). Daria Kasatkina (Russia) – 3283;
13 (13). Lyudmila Samsonova (Russia) — 2950…
17 (17). Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) — 2550…
23 (32). Mirra Andreeva (Russia) – 1968;
24 (23). Diana Schneider (Russia) – 1930…
29 (28). Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) – 1813…
33 (33). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) — 1717…
39 (39). Veronika Kudermetova (Russia) — 1428…
42 (41). Anastasia Potapova (Russia) — 1295…
58 (76). Elina Avanesyan (Russia) — 1002…
69 (72). Anna Blinkova (Russia) — 910…
88 (91). Erika Andreeva (Russia) — 804.
Source: Sportbox
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