President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev in a conversation with a correspondent, he told in what conditions the Russian woman Mirra Andreeva will be able to play at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
On Wednesday, 16-year-old Andreeva defeated world number six, Tunisian representative Ons Jabeur, in the second round of the Australian Open – 6:0, 6:2. The Russian, 47th in the world tennis rankings, took less than an hour to secure her ticket for the third round of the Grand Slam tournament.
After the match, Mirra admitted that if she had such an opportunity, she would gladly participate in the Olympics.
— As for Andreeva’s desire to play at the Paris Olympics, Mirra has to be in our top four in terms of ranking. So you have to move up the rankings. This is the only option, because no one will choose the lineup, it will be determined by the ranking,” Tarpishchev told .
Daria Kasatkina, currently ranked 13th, remains the best among Russians in the WTA rankings. Mirra is also ahead of Lyudmila Samsonova (14th), Veronika Kudermetova (17th), Ekaterina Alexandrova (20th), Anastasia Potapova (29th) and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (46th).
Source : MatchTV
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