He said he was a very good friend off the trail with his countryman Mirra Andreeva, only a few months older than him. Although he also stressed that they are formidable rivals when they meet on a tennis court. This was witnessed at the beginning of 2023 in the junior final of the Australian Open.
In a celebration of the Russian youth team, which could be enriched in individual terms, not in team or country terms after the invasion of Ukraine, two 15-year-old girls explained the title in Melbourne. He took it Alina Korneevawho defeated the younger of the Andreeva sisters 6-7, 6-4 and 7-5.
Since then, the loser has monopolized the most minutes in the world’s showcase. With justice as she entered the big draws of Roland Garros and Wimbledon, she was seen on the WTA Tour with important victories. Barbora Krejcikova, Beatriz Haddad-Maia either Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Despite calendar restrictions due to his age, now 16 years old on April 29, he is number 47 in the world ranking. He forgot his junior stage earlier than he had scheduled because of his success in the senior circuit.
Yes, he has closed the under-18 circle, the new child prodigy, who has inherited Andreeva’s label, Alina Korneeva. He turned 16 on June 23. For his birthday he gave himself a professional success, he broke the precocity record as champion of a W100 tournament, the highest category of the ITF, one step before the WTA Tour. Then, in addition, to go through the previous screening.
He confirmed his junior class as a double winner of Australia and Roland Garros, something that no one has achieved since the Swiss Belinda Bencic in 2013.
Korneeva was spotted on the WTA Tour recently. He survived the previous stage, reaching the second round of the 250 in Hong Kong, where he was overtaken by another young pearl, in this case Czech, Linda Fruhvirtovamost taken at 18 years old.
Next, Korneeva confirmed his golden season by proclaiming himself the best at the Junior Finals, in Chengdu (China). Her under-18 mastery also meant she rose to first place in the junior women’s world rankings. On his balance, 24 wins and 3 losses.
She is firmly aiming for the WTA Tour. With two titles and a final in ITF tournaments and the only presence on the first circuit in Hong Kong, she is already at 162 in the absolute WTA world ranking. A tennis player to remember in 2024, to see if his evolution continues at breakneck speed, in the magnitude of Mirra Andreeva.
Source: La Verdad
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