In November 2023, Athletistic conducted a survey among Athletistic readers to find out which of the Russian and Belarusian tennis players included in the Top 100 of the WTA world rankings they sympathize with the most. At the same time, readers could vote for several of their favorite tennis players.

As a result of the survey, Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva took first place by a wide margin with a score of 40.6 percent. Belarusian tennis players Arina Sabalenka (30.7%) and Victoria Azarenka (22.3%) took second and third places.

Full results:

Mirra Andreeva – 40.6%

Arina Sabalenka – 30.7%

Victoria Azarenka – 22.3%

Daria Kasatkina – 21.5%

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – 14.7%

Veronica Kudermetova – 13.9%

Lyudmila Samsonova – 11.6%

Anastasia Potapova – 7.2%

Ekaterina Alexandrova – 6%

Elina Avanesian – 5.2%

Alexandra Sosnovich – 3.6%

Diane Schneider – 2.4%

Anna Blinkova – 2%

Kamilla Rakhimova – 1.2%

Mirra Andreeva was born in 1997 in Krasnoyarsk. At the time of writing, he is the 57th racket in the world. In 2023, she achieved the greatest success, reaching the 4th round of Wimbledon, the 3rd round of Roland Garros, the 2nd round of the US Open. Has an older sister, Erika Andreeva (born 2004, number 141 in the WTA world rankings as of November 24, 2023).


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