
The 19-year-old Russian beat Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-4 and will rise to second place in the rankings from Monday
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Mirra Andreeva, a 19-year-old from Krasnoyarsk, is participating in the tournament for the first time which brings together the eight best tennis players of the season. She beat Jessica Pegula in the semifinals and from Monday she will rise to second place in the ranking, relegating Aryna Sabalenka, eliminated yesterday, to third place.
Russian Mirra Andreeva qualified for the final of the WTA Finals in Indian Wells by beating American Jessica Pegula with a score of 6-3, 6-4. In her first time at the tournament that brings together the eight best tennis players of the season, Andreeva has already managed to rise to second place in the rankings from Monday, relegating former No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka to third, who was eliminated yesterday.
The 19 year old from Krasnojarsk will face the winner of the other semi-final between the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and the Czech Linda Noskova tomorrow.

Portugal lost 4-1 at home to Denmark in Braga in the Nations League, suffering the heaviest official home defeat in their history. A spectacular tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo, with number 7 shirts and 'Thank you captain' banner, was ruined by the result. Hojlund scored a brace, Andersen made it 4-0, Bernardo Silva scored the winner in full injury time. Denmark maintains a three-point lead over Norway in the group.

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On the eve of the Italy-Belgium Nations League match, a FIGC delegation led by Giovanni Malagò laid a wreath of flowers at the King Baldovino stadium in Brussels in memory of the 39 victims of the Heysel tragedy on 29 May 1985. Also present were Claudio Ranieri, Roberto Mancini, Giorgio Scalvini and the Belgian Federation with Pascale Van Damme and Vincent Mannaert.

The president of the Equestrian Sports Federation and vice president of CONI, Marco Di Paola, withdrew the complaint presented against the general sports attorney Ugo Taucer and the deputy prosecutor Guido Cipriani, making the proceedings null and void. The matter concerns the investigation into Fise leaders for alleged electoral irregularities in the 2024 vote.