LONDON, October 12. /TASS/. Russia’s Mirra Andreeva has climbed two places to third in the updated Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings published on the organization’s website.

Last week, Andreeva made it to the final of a tournament in Beijing, where she was defeated by China’s Qinwen Zheng. This is the first time in her career that Andreeva has reached the world’s top 3.

Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina remains at the top of the rankings, followed by Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.

Other Russians in the top 100 are Diana Shnaider (13th), Anna Kalinskaya (21st), Ekaterina Alexandrova (24th), Liudmila Samsonova (43rd), and Alina Korneeva (74th).