World number three Andreeva: WTA ranking was not the goal for this season

Russian Mirra Andreeva, who rose to third place in the world rankings for the first time, said that she considers her promotion funny, since improving her position in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) ranking was not her goal for this season.

In the WTA rankings updated on October 12, the 19-year-old Russian woman rose from fifth to third place for the first time in her career, scoring 6,371 points. The leader is the representative of Kazakhstan Rybakina (9696), the second is Belarusian Arina Sabalenko (7550). Andreeva's gap from the first line is 3325 points.

“It’s funny, because the rating was not my goal for this season, and now, when I didn’t even think about it, I have a chance to rise even higher. Of course, I will try to do it. I don’t know how big the gap is. I think I looked: between me and Elena Rybakina there are about three thousand points. That’s quite a lot, but it’s okay. I’ll just try not to think about the rating and focus on each match,” Andreeva was quoted as saying by the Tennishead portal.

On Sunday, Andreeva lost to Chinese Zheng Qingwen in the final of the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing. This season, the Russian woman won the WTA 500 tournaments in Adelaide (Australia) and Linz (Austria), and also became the winner of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, winning Roland Garros.