Russian tennis player Alexandrova entered the top 10 of the WTA rankings for the first time.

Russian tennis player Ekaterina Alexandrova took 10th place in the WTA world ranking and for the first time in her career was among the ten strongest players in the world. Before that, she was ranked 11th.

At the recent WTA 1000 tournament in Wuhan, Alexandrova reached the third round, where she lost to Jessica Pegula. The American, in turn, rose to 5th place in the ranking, overtaking Mirra Andreeva, who is now on the 6th line. However, Andreeva still continues to be the first racket of Russia.

Arina Sobolenko from Belarus (10,400 points), Iga Swentek from Poland (8,768) and Coco Gauff from the USA (7,873) remain in the top three of the rating. Among the Russians in the top 100 are Lyudmila Samsonova (18th place), Diana Schneider (19th), Veronika Kudermetova (31st), Anna Kalinskaya (37th), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (50th), Anastasia Potapova (53rd), Anna Blinkova (73rd), Polina Kudermetova (75th) and Anastasia Zakharova (80s).

Alexandrova has five WTA titles, and her best achievements at Grand Slam tournaments are reaching the 4th round at Wimbledon, Roland Garros and the US Open. In 2021, she helped the Russian national team win the Billie Jean King Cup.

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