Tennis,
March 24, 21:27
The Russian beat the fifth racket of the world at the prestigious WTA tournament in Miami
Varvara Gracheva, ranked 54th in the world ranking, defeated Ons Zhaber from Tunisia in the second round. Her next opponent will be Russian Erika Andreeva or Chinese Zhang Shuai
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Russian tennis player Varvara Gracheva reached the third round of the prestigious WTA tournament in Miami.
In the second round, the 22-year-old Russian woman, who made her way to the main draw through qualification, beat the fifth racket of the world, Ons Jaber from Tunisia, with a score of 6:2, 6:2.
Her next opponent will be the winner of the pair Zhang Shuai (China) – Erika Andreeva (Russia).
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Grachev takes 54th place in the WTA ranking. On the account of the Russian woman there are no titles won under the auspices of the organization. In early March, she reached the final of the WTA tournament for the first time – in the decisive match in Austin, she lost to Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk.
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova also advanced to the third round. The 18th racket of the world beat the American Taylor Townsend with a score of 6:3, 5:7, 6:4. Then she will play with Canadian Leyla Fernandez or Swiss Belinda Bencic.
Finished the fight in the tournament the second racket of Russia (11th in the world) Veronika Kudermetova. She lost to Czech Marketa Vondrousova with a score of 4:6, 2:6.
The tournament in Miami belongs to the WTA-1000 category, yielding in prestige only to the Grand Slam tournaments and the final tournament. It will end on April 2, the prize pool is $8.8 million.
The match between Andreeva and Zhang Shuai will take place on the night of March 25. The bookmaker’s office “Fonbet” accepts bets on the victory of the Russian woman with a coefficient of 2.04, the Chinese – 1.78.
Ivan Vitchenko.