Tennis player Schneider won the WTA-250 tournament in Hua Hin, Thailand for the first time in her career
Russian tennis player Diana Schneider won the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) title for the first time in her career. The results are available on the tournament website.
The 19-year-old athlete turned out to be stronger than the Chinese Zhu Lin and became the winner of the WTA-250 tournament in Hua Hin, Thailand. The meeting ended with the score 6:3, 2:6, 6:1. For the Russian, this title was her debut at the highest level of the WTA. The prize fund of the tournament is 267 thousand dollars.
In December 2023, Schneider spoke about the different attitudes towards athletes in Russia and the United States. The athlete said that athletes in the USA are respected more than in Russia.
Schneider is ranked 108th in the WTA rankings. She has three victories in junior Grand Slam doubles tournaments. The athlete won the US Open with the Czech Lucia Havlickova, the Australian Open with the American Clairvie Ngunue and Wimbledon with the Belarusian Kristina Dmitruk. Since 2022, the Russian woman has been living and studying in the United States.
Source: Lenta
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