Russian Mirra Andreeva rose to eighth place in the WTA rankings

Russian Mirra Andreeva moved from ninth to eighth place in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, an updated version of which was published on the organization’s website.

Another Russian woman, Ekaterina Alexandrova, dropped to 11th position, Lyudmila Samsonova became 18th.

American Cori Gauff became the third racket of the world, ahead of Amanda Anisimova from the USA. Belarusian Arina Sabalenka is still in the lead, Iga Szwiatek from Poland is in second place.

WTA rankings as of January 12:

1 (1). Arina Sabalenko (Belarus) – 10990 points

2 (2). Iga Szwiatek (Poland) – 8328

3 (4). Corey Gauff – (USA) – 6423

4 (3). Amanda Anisimova – (USA) – 6320

5 (5). Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 5850

6 (6). Jessica Pegula (USA) – 5453

7 (8). Jasmine Paolini (Italy) – 4267

8 (9). Mirra Andreeva (Russia) – 4232

9 (7). Madison Keys (USA) – 4003

10 (11). Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) – 3512

11 (10). Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) – 3375

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18 (17). Lyudmila Samsonova – 2122

23 (21). Diana Schneider – 1818

31 (30). Veronica Kudermetova – 1517

33 (33). Anna Kalinskaya – 1483

44 (44). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – 1185

62 (61). Anna Blinkova – 1016

98 (100). Oksana Selekhmetyeva – 766 (all – Russia)