Russians Alina Korneeva and Mirra Andreeva who reached the final of the Australian Open junior, has great potential and can succeed at the adult level, the president of the Russian Tennis Federation (FTR) told . Shamil Tarpishchev .
Korneeva beat Andreeva on Saturday in the Australian Open Junior final. The match ended with the score 6:7 (2:7), 6:4, 7:5 in favor of Korneeva, the tournament seed under the ninth number. Andreeva had the seventh seeded number.
– Both girls are promising, there’s no doubt about it. This is the first time in the history of the tournament that our girls meet in the final. Let’s not forget that athletes under the age of 18 participated in the tournament, and that they were both 15 years old. Winning at 18 is an achievement. Remember that 211 countries play tennis and the Australian Open is a very strong tournament. Let’s hope for their training, as well as their future success in the women’s category, – said Tarpishchev.
Andreeva takes 292nd place in the rankings of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), Korneeva – 553rd. They are 15 years old.
Source : MatchTV
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