Athletistic / Tennis. In London (Great Britain), on June 28, the draw for the main draw of Wimbledon 2024 in women’s singles took place. 11 Russian women recognized their rivals in the first round.
Perhaps the toughest opponent was Anna Blinkova, who will face the world’s 23rd racket, Frenchwoman Caroline Carcia, at the start of the Grand Slam tournament on grass. Note that the Russian Mirra Andreeva, 17, will begin her performance at Wimbledon 2024 with a match against the Czech Brenda Fruhvirtova.
Rivals of Russian tennis players in the first round of Roland Garros:
- Mirra Andreeva – Brenda Fruhrkhvirtova (Czech Republic);
- Anna Blinkova – Caroline Garcia (France);
- Daria Kasatkina – Zhang Shuai (China);
- Elina Avanesyan – Angelina Kalinina (Ukraine);
- Veronika Kudermetova – Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic);
- Anna Kalinskaya – Panna Udvardi (Hungary);
- Diana Schneider – Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic);
- Anastasia Potapova – Bernarda Pera (United States);
- Ekaterina Alexandrova – Emma Raducanu (Great Britain);
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – Taylor Townsend (United States);
- Lyudmila Samsonova – Rebeca Masarova (Spain).
Note that the world’s number one racket, Polish Iga Swiatek, will play with American Sofia Kenin in the first round of Wimbledon 2024.
Source: Sport
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