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17 Apr 2017

Govortsova wins Indian Harbor Beach, Sasnovich in WTA top 100

Govortsova wins Indian Harbor Beach, Sasnovich in WTA top 100MINSK, 17 April (BelTA) – Olga Govortsova of Belarus won the $80,000 Indian Harbor Beach, beating Amanda Anisimova of the United States 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the final, BelTA has learned.

The success brought the Belarusian tennis player up from the 190th to the 147th place in the WTA rankings.

Aleksandra Sasnovich of Belarus, who reached the Ladies Open Biel Bienne semifinal in Switzerland, made it into the WTA top 100, jumping from the 108th to the 96th spot. Two other Belarusian tennis players have also improved their positions in the rankings: Arina Sobolenko is now 125th, while Vera Lapko sits 241st.

On 22-23 April the Belarusian tennis players will face Switzerland in their Fed Cup semifinal tie at Chizhovka Arena.

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