Russian Maria Timofeeva, ranked 170th in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, defeated Brazilian Beatrice Haddad-Maia, representative of the top 12 in the world rankings, with scores of 7:6 and 6:3 in the third round match. At the Australian Open..
The duration of the meeting lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes. The Russian served once, committed a double fault and converted three of the eight break points won. In the next round, Timofeeva will play against Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk.
Previously in the 1/8 final appeared 16-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva. Anna Blinkova and Anna Kalinskaya still have to play third round matches.
Polish representative Iga Swiatek continues to lead the updated rankings of the Women’s Tennis Association WTA. Belarusian representative Arina Sabalenko took second place, while Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan completed the top three. The best Russian woman is Daria Kasatkina.
Previously, former world number one Murray explained in one word Andreeva’s victory in the AO match.