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Month: January 2022

Anna Danilina – World No.25

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) published updated versions of rankings of the world best players, the KTF Press Service reports.

Having reached the Australian Open doubles final, Anna Danilina soared to the 25th line. In singles, Elena Rybakina remained in the 12th position, Yuliya Putintseva was still the 42nd, and Zarina Diyas was the 118th.

In men, No.1 in Kazakhstan, Alexander Bublik, improved his position by two points compared to the previous ranking, and now he is the 35th. Mikhail Kukushkin progressed too, he is now World No. 166, Dmitry Popko remained in the 180th position, Timofey Skatov rose by 17 lines and is in the 236th line. Denis Yevseyev also improved his ranking: thanks to his successful performance at the tournament in Lithuania, a native of Almaty moved up by 42 points and occupies the 351st line. Beibit Zhukayev is in the 696th position.

In doubles, Andrey Golubev is World No. 30, and Aleksandr Nedovyesov is No. 67.


Source: https://24.kz/ru/news/sport/item/525022-anna-danilina-25-ya-raketka-mira

Anna Danilina wins the second WTA title in her career

The Kazakhstani became the winner of the prestigious Sydney Tennis Classic tournament in doubles.

Kazakhstani tennis player Anna Danilina won the second WTA title in her career. Paired with Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, our athlete became the winner of the prestigious Sydney Tennis Classic tournament, the Press Service of the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation reports.

In the deciding match, the Kazakh-Brazilian duet was stronger than Vivian Heisen (Germany) and Panna Udvardy (Hungary). The final duel lasted almost two hours and was decided in a super tie-break. Luck in the final game was on the side of Anna and Beatriz – 4:6, 7:5, 10:8.

For Danilina, this is the second major success in her biography. Last year in Poland, she won the debut trophy of the WTA 250 series, but our athlete has not won victories in the 500s before.

On the way to the championship in the tournament, Danilina and Maia were able to outplay many strong rivals, in particular, in the semifinals of the second seeded competition – Japanese Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara. Source: https://informburo.kz/novosti/anna-danilina-vyigrala-vtoroj-titul-wta-v-karere

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