There is not one Russian ranked inside the Top 8 on the WTA Tour. But make no mistake, ever since the Australian Open, the Russians have been making their mark.

Elena Vesnina won in Indian Wells for her first WTA Premier Mandatory Event title after never previously reaching a semifinal at that level. She won the final over fellow Russian and world No. 9-ranked Svetlana Kuznetsova, and ascended to a career-high ranking of No. 13.

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“I think in Russia they showed the whole match. And I will tell you, to be honest, in Russia we don't have tennis at all on the TV live on the main channel,” Vesnina said after her victory. “So I think that's great for women's sport, great for women’s tennis. Me and Svetlana, I think we should proud how we actually were fighting and the quality of the tennis was really high.”

It wouldn't be long before Russians would draw attention to themselves on court again. Despite no woman from the country advancing past the round of 16 in Miami, they produced tremendous results again last week.

There were two tour-level events, and two Russian champions emerged.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, now the world No. 16, took down world No. 1-ranked Angelique Kerber in a three-setter to win Monterrey.

The Russian knew that she wasn’t the only player from her country earning some hardware that week.

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In Charleston, teenager Daria Kasatkina won her first WTA title with a tremendous run, finished with a straightforward victory over another dangerous teen, Jelena Ostapenko.

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“This is huge! I cannot even... especially for women's tennis,” Kasatkina told WTA Insider. “It's very good for Russian tennis. We can be examples to the small kids.”

With four Russians (Vesnina, Kuznetsova, Pavlyuchenkova and Kasatkina) ranked inside the Top 16, there could be more titlists in the coming weeks.