Tennis: Schneider will replace the Czech Mukhova in a duel with Mirra Andreeva

Czech tennis player Karolina Mukhova refused to participate in the final match of the group stage of the Final Championship of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), where her rival was to be Russian Mirra Andreeva.

As the journalists of Canal+, the reason for the forced removal of the athlete was the malaise associated with stomach problems. The vacated place on the court will take another representative of Russia – Diana Schneider, so the audience is waiting for the Russian derby.

For Mukhova herself, this decision will not affect the tournament prospects in terms of the fight for the trophy: losing in two opening meetings, the Czech Republic has already prematurely lost its mathematical chances to get to the semifinal stage.

Meanwhile, Mirra Andreeva is approaching the upcoming game as a semi-finalist. She issued a ticket to the playoffs of prestigious competitions earlier, having won a loud victory over the second racket of the planet Arina Sobolenko from Belarus. This success was historic for domestic tennis - Andreeva was the first Russian athlete in a decade who managed to break into the four strongest in the singles category of the Final tournament.

Competitions, uniting the eight best tennis players at the end of the season, are held on hard surface and will finish on November 15, and their total prize pool reaches $ 10 million.

It is worth noting that the current draw is accompanied by a series of losses among the favorites: even earlier, for medical reasons, the current champion of the tournament and the leader of the world ranking Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan left the distance. In the entire history of the final WTA championships, the singles title was submitted to only one Russian woman - Maria Sharapova in 2004.

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