By Tass
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BEIJING, September 29. /TASS/. Russia’s top female racquet Mirra Andreeva advanced to the fourth round of the 2025 China Open tennis tournament, which kicked off last Wednesday in the Chinese capital of Beijing.
The 4th-seeded Russian, who is playing under a neutral status at the tournament, defeated Spanish rival Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in straight sets: 6-4; 6-1. Andreeva is now set to play in the next round against unseeded Brit Sonay Kortal, who later in the day outplayed Australia’s Maya Joint 6-3; 6-2.
Andreeva, 18, is a three-time WTA champion. She is currently Russia’s top-ranked female player at 5th place in the WTA Rankings. Her best finish at Grand Slams was at the 2024 French Open when she reached the semifinals. In 2023, the WTA named Andreeva the rookie of the year. Playing at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, she won a silver medal in women’s doubles paired with Diana Shnaider.
The 2025 China Open is a WTA 1,000 event. Its 24th edition is played on outdoor courts at the National Tennis Center in Beijing between September 24 and October 5. This year’s tourney offers over $8.9 million in prize money. Coco Gauff from the United States is the tournament’s reigning champion.
Russian players’ neutral status at tennis tournaments
On February 28, 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued recommendations to international sports federations to bar athletes from Russia and Belarus from taking part in international tournaments, citing Moscow’s special military operation in Ukraine as the reason.
Following the IOC’s recommendations in late February 2022, the majority of global sports federations moved to exclude athletes from Russia and Belarus from all international sports tournaments.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) ruled on March 1, 2022, to suspend the membership of the Russian and Belarusian national tennis federations while also canceling all previously scheduled tennis tournaments in the two countries.
On March 14, 2022, the ITF also confirmed its prohibition on the Russian and Belarusian national tennis teams from participating in the 2022 Davis Cup and the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup.
