WTA: Good prospects in Moscow

The American girls have dominated the last junior Grand Slams.But also from Russia, some of the players have good prospects.

Elena Rybakina has made the best of her abilities.And the trip to Moscow doesn’t have to be over for the 18-year-old Russian.Rybakina, a seasoned player, will face Irina Camelia Begu on Tuesday’s programme, and the current No. 5 in the ITF Junior World Ranking, the current No. 5, has a chance of losing out.Rybakina is the best placed Russian in junior women’s tennis, which doesn’t mean a lot, because especially in women’s tennis the transitions are rather fluent.And the differences in performance are not particularly large.

Whitney Osuigwe, for example, the industry leader among the U-18-year-olds, had already failed to reach first place at the US Open in round two by the Russian Anastasia Kharitonova, and Osuigwes compatriot Amanda Anisimova, a girl with Russian roots, clinched the title in New York.

In general, the US-Americans seem to be doing quite a bit right in promoting young talent, Claire Liu won the title in Wimbledon with the junior women, before that in Roland Garros Osuigwe had been successful.

In principle, the situation in Russia is not bad either.Apart from that, last weekend Maria Sharapova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, two ladies from Tianjin and Hong Kong, succeeded in winning WTA tournaments.In addition to qualifier Rybakina, the organizers of the Kremlin Cup also welcomed Oleysa Pervushina in the main draw, the 17-year-old has received the only wild card other than that from Sharapova.

Pervushina is only slightly better than 400th place in the junior women’s world ranking, no wonder she only competed in four tournaments that are countable for her offspring.And first and foremost, he tries to distinguish himself on the ITF tour.The appearance against Yulia Putintseva, especially in the first set, which the Kazakhine won 7-5 with good luck, on Monday evening in Moscow gives us an idea that the early transition to the ladies was the right decision.

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