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Mirra Andreeva is a 19-year-old Russian tennis player who last year participated in the doubles tournament of the final WTA Championship together with Diana Schneider.
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Russian Mirra Andreeva rose from fourth to third place in the WTA championship race.
The 19-year-old Russian has 6,371 points, which allowed her to overtake American Jessica Pegula.
MOSCOW, October 12 - RIA Novosti. Russian Mirra Andreeva rose from fourth to third place in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) championship race, an updated version of which was published on the organization's website.
The 19-year-old Russian has 6,371 points. She overtook American Jessica Pegula (5825), who moved to fourth place. Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina remains in the lead, Belarusian Arina Sabalenka is second.
On Sunday, Andreeva lost to Chinese Zheng Qingwen in the final of the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing. For reaching the decisive match, the Russian received 650 rating points.
On Friday, the WTA announced that Andreeva had qualified early for the final tournament. The Russian woman will perform in singles at these competitions for the first time. Last year she competed in the doubles tournament with Diana Schneider.
The final tournament will take place on November 8-15 in Indian Wells, America. In addition to Andreeva, Rybakina, Sabalenko and Czech Linda Noskova have already secured participation in singles.
WTA Championship Race, version dated October 12:
1 (1). Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) - 7502 points;
2 (2). Arina Sabalenko (Belarus) - 6550;
3 (4). Mirra Andreeva (Russia) - 6371;
4 (3). Jessica Pegula (USA) - 5825;
5 (5). Corey Gauff (USA) - 5774;
6 (6). Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) - 5024;
7 (7). Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) - 4615;
8 (8). Linda Noskova (Czech Republic) - 4354;
9 (9). Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) - 3910;
10 (10). Iga Szwiatek (Poland) - 3799...
13 (14). Diana Schneider (Russia) - 2408...
21 (20). Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) - 1967...
31 (35). Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) - 1493...
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Mirra Andreeva will take part in the final WTA tournament in Indian Wells from November 8 to 15.
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