Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Maria Timofeeva has become Uzbekistan’s highest-ranked female tennis player after rising to 63rd place in the latest Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, marking the best result of her career.
Timofeeva’s previous career-high ranking was 68th.
At the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing, she successfully came through qualifying and reached the third round, earning 135 ranking points.
Kamilla Rakhimova previously held the top spot among Uzbek female tennis players. In the updated rankings, she is in 69th place, six positions behind Timofeeva.