KAZAN, June 8. /TASS/. Russia’s teen-prodigy tennis star Mirra Andreeva is unique and cannot be compared in terms of her game-style with country’s female greats like Maria Sharapova and Anna Kournikova, President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) Shamil Tarpishchev told TASS on Monday.
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) official website reported earlier in the day that Andreeva rose by two places in its newly released Top-10 Weekly Rankings.
Last week, Andreeva won the prestigious Grand Slam tournament, the 2026 French Open, where in the final she defeated in straight sets Maja Chwalinska from Poland 6-3; 6-2.
"She is unlike everyone, resembling neither Sharapova nor Kournikova. She is a unique tennis player, displaying her own individual style and distinctive qualities in the game," the RTF president said in an interview with TASS.
Russia’s merited female tennis star Sharapova was just 17 years old when she won her Grand Slam title, snatching it in the final of the 2004 Wimbledon. In all, Sharapova won 36 WTA titles, including five Grand Slams, throughout her career.
