Tennis: Mirra Andreeva climbs onto the podium of the WTA rankings

Beaten in the final in Beijing, the Russian Mirra Andreeva nevertheless reached third place in the world for the first time in her career, in the WTA rankings published on Monday.

The 19 years and five months old, titled at Roland-Garros this season, gained two places to overtake the Americans Jessica Pegula (4th) and Coco Gauff (5th).

In the 21st century, only her compatriot Maria Sharapova and the Belgian Kim Clijsters reached 3rd place earlier.

In this regard, Andreeva does better than Gauff for only a fortnight.

In the Top 10, the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (6th) and the Czech Karolina Muchova (7th) each gain a place at the expense of the Czech Linda Noskova (8th).

At 18, American Iva Jovic, now 11th in the world, obtained the best ranking of her career after gaining two positions.

Titled at the WTA 1000 in Beijing, the Chinese Zheng Qinwen, former No.4 who fell beyond the Top 100 this season, rose to 23rd place on Monday.