16-year-old Mirra Andreeva beat Tamara Korpach and made it to the Wimbledon main draw
Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva made it to the main draw of Wimbledon 2023. This is reported by the correspondent of “Lenta.ru”.
In the finals of the qualification, the Russian woman defeated the 28-year-old German Tamara Korpach. The meeting, which lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes, ended with the score 7:5, 5:7, 6:2. Andreeva’s opponent in the first round is currently unknown.
The 16-year-old athlete is ranked 143rd in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) ranking. Earlier, she reached the third round of her debut Roland Garros. Then Andreeva played for the first time in the main draw of the Grand Slam tournament.
On March 31, the UK Lawn Tennis Association, which organizes Wimbledon, allowed Russian and Belarusian tennis players who signed a “declaration of neutrality” to participate in the 2023 tournament. Later, information appeared that the athletes agreed to this condition.
Source: Lenta
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