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Azarenka: Is The World Number 11 Will Make It Into The World Number 1?

Victoria Azarenka was born on July 31, 1989 in Minsk, Belarus. She is a tennis player who was known to be the Junior World Champion in 2005. She con...

 

Victoria Azarenka was born on July 31, 1989 in Minsk, Belarus. She is a tennis player who was known to be the Junior World Champion in 2005. She conquered the 2007 US Open Mixed Doubles Title with her teammate Max Mirny and also the 2008 French Open with Bob Bryan. She resides in Scottsdale, Arizona and trains in Marbella, Spain. On February 23, 2009 she achieved a career high of No. 11 in Singles.

In 2005, Azarenka got both the Australian and US Open as a Junior and was named the ITF Junior Girls World Title for that year. She was the pioneer player from Belarus to do that. She also triumphed her first ITF title in Petange, Luxembourg in the same season. In China, she reached her first pro-level semifinal, winning 3 qualitfying rounds and beating both Martina Such and Shuai Peng in the primary draw before being defeated by the event champ, Yan Zi.

Everyday Azarenka have been one of the first players to be out in the field to work out. Together with her trainer, Mark Wellington, they started gradually. Headphones on, she swings her arms forward and backward then gently tosses and kicks a soccer ball with him. The drills and the ball eventually speed up until both player and trainer are quick-stepping to keep it before them. Usually, you will see tennis players take small breaks during those workouts and share a laugh with their instructor. But not this lady. When the ball gets past her, she stamps her foot in frustration.

The 19-year-old Azarenka won her first WTA Tour Singles Title earlier this year by conquering the Brisbane International. The World No.14 Belorussian is now 13-1 this year. The only defeat to date was against Serena Williams in the Australian Open when she disappointingly had departed from the fourth-round match because of faintness and illness.

Azarenka posted a 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 6-3 Quarterfinals victory over Safina, who would have claimed the World’s No.1 ranking from Serena Williams by reaching the final. But for Azarenka, she ran as an athlete filled with assurance right after capturing her first two career WTA Titles this year in Brisbane and Memphis. Safina appeared to achieve the match in her grasp when she took a 3-1 lead during the third set, but she couldn’t hold on to the supremacy.

Shahar Pe’er’s excellent run in the singles draw at Indian Wells came to an abrupt end, but at the very least she could console herself with moving forward towards the Semi-finals of the doubles event hours later. Despite converting four of her five break points, Pe’er was on her back foot for most of the fight, with Azarenka governing the Israeli’s service games, breaking six times.

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World Top 6: Can Svetlana Kuznetsova Reach The World Number 1?

 

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova was given birth on June 27, 1985 in St Petersburg. She is a Russian professional player in tennis. She won the US Open (2004) and the French Open (2009) defeating Elena Dementieva and Dinara Safina. She was the Runner-up in Singles at the French Open 2006) and the 2007 US Open, both times to Belgian player Justine Henin. By May 17, 2010, Kuznetsova is ranked World No. 6.

Kuznetsova undergone her training in the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Spain and she was coached by Emilio Sanchez and Stefan Ortega together with other coaches in the academy. But her major coaching relationship was with Stefan Ortega who had been a familiar personality in her player’s box and had assisted her play. Right after a series of depressing outcomes in finals Kuznetsova’s ended her relationship with Sanchez-Casal Academy and transferred to Moscow as the advice of Roger Federer and continued to be coached by a Russian coach Olga Morozova.

Kuznetsova is definitely an all-around tennis player as she has adapted her game to all surfaces. Her play is seen with her great serve and her heavy forehand. Kuznetsova’s serve is assisted by her strong physique, and she’s often considered to be one of many physically strongest players in the Tour together with the Williams’ sisters. Lots of tennis professionals state that her powerful inside-out forehand is among the best in the women’s game. She’s competent at beating winners of both wings. Her volleys are very effective, and she is effective at producing deft touch.

Kuznetsova began playing in tournaments on the ITF Circuit, winning her first title in the circuit in April 2001. Her first performances in the main draws of tournaments on the main WTA Tour were at the Madrid Open in May of that year and at the Waikoloa Championships in Waikoloa, Hawaii, losing in the second round on both occasions.

Her last tournament before the French Open was in Mutua Madrilea Madrid Open, where she was defeated in the first round by Shahar Pe’er. Being the defending champion in the French Open (2010), Kuznetsova is the 6th seed. She conquered Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 6-1 in the first round and will face Andrea Petkovic in the second round.

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Dinara Safina (World Number 9): Will She Prove Herself Towards World Number 1?

 

Dinara Safina, a Russian skilled tennis player was born in Moscow on April 27, 1986. She’s the younger sister of former World’s Number One Marat Safin. She’s trained by Glen Schaap, former trainer of Nadia Petrova. Her mother, Rauza Islanova was previously her coach when she was younger yet still offers tips to Dinara. Her dad was the Director for the Spartak Tennis Club in Moscow.

On July 29, 2002 she appeared into The Top 100. She also received her very first WTA Title in Sopot, defeating Nagyova and becoming the ever youngest Tour Champion in four years and first qualifier to grab the title in three years. On the same year, she defeated a top-notch 20 player Silvia Farina Elia who had previously been seeded 14, the very first time in Moscow, at the age of 16. On July 14, 2003, she broke on the top 50. She won her another WTA Title over Katarina Srebotnik in Palermo. In that particular year, she hit the fourth round on the 2003 US Open and also reached the Quarterfinals in Doha, Sopot & Shanghai. She defeated the defending champion Magdalena Maleeva in Russia.

For the 2004 Australian Open, Safina upset Amanda Coetzer of South Africa before losing to Kim Clijsters of Belgium. For the first time, Safina ended the year for the Top 50 and reached third career final at Luxembourg where she lost against Alicia Molik. She conquered her biggest career Singles Title at Paris Indoors beating Amelie Mauresmo . Partnering Elena Dementieva, she won the crucial Doubles Rubber at the Fed Cup final in 2005. She surprised the World’s Number One Maria Sharapova during the QF in the 2005 Kremlin Cup, winning 1-6, 6-4, 7-5.

In the 2007 Australian Open, she achieved the Tier I in Rome Final by defeating Top Ten Tennis Players Kim Clijsters, Elena Dementieva and Kuznetsova, but was also defeated then by resurgent Martina Hingis 6-2, 7-5. In the 2006 French Open, she reached the Quarterfinals for the first time in her tennis career. During the fourth round, she defeated number four seed Sharapova 7-5, 2-6, 7-5. In the third set, she trailed 1-5 but managed to drag the upset of almost 21/2 hours of play. To start the grass season, following her excellent execution on clay, she reached her very first Grass Court Final on the Ordina Open, but got lost to Krajicek 6-3, 6-4.

In her first tournament of 2007, Safina battled her best right through to the finals of the Tier III Event at Gold Coast, Australia. She defeated the number one-seeded Martina Hingis during that final 6-3 3-6 7-5 on her first WTA Tour Title since May of 2005. That victory also saw her rise to the World’s Top-Ten.

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World Number 6: May Samantha Stosur Reach Higher Standing In Her Future Competitions?

 

Samantha Stosur was born on March 30, 1984 in Brisbane, Australia. She is a tennis player and as a doubles player, she was ranked first in Top 100 with Lisa Raymond. Right after she became a competent tennis player in 1999, she conquered four ITF Singles, twenty-two WTA Doubles and eleven ITF Doubles.

Lisa Raymond is often her teammate and they have won two Grand Slam Title in the Doubles Competition. The first title was in 2005 in the US Open where they competed Elena Dementieva and Flavia Pennetta. And also the second title, a year after in the French Open. There they competed the finals against Daniela Hantuchova and Ai Sugiyama. In 2006 they played the final again within the Australian Open but lost to Yan Zi and Zheng Jie.

Yet another defeat in the finals happened in 2005 during the Australian Open where she and Scott Draper lost to Liezel Huber and Kevin Ulyett. The twenty-two WTA Doubles were gotten at Sydney, Amelia Island, Luxembourg, Moscow, Tokyo, Memphis, Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, Stuttgart, Linz, Berlin, Eastbourne and many others. Twenty of them were won along Lisa Raymond and the first two along Bryanne Stewart from Australia. Her game being a player in Singles in the Grand Slam Tournament was not very impressive. She has achieved the second round in 2004 in the US Open coupled with the same result at Wimbledon in the years 2006 and 2007.

During the French Open in 2007 she stopped in the third round and in the Australian Open in the fourth round in 2006. A major success for this lady was to defeat Mauresmo at the Rome Masters in 2007 inside the second round. Unluckily she was stopped during the third round by Patty Schnyder from Switzerland.

She is definitely talented but until now she had crucial achievements being a player in Doubles than as a Single player.

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Currently The World Top 4: Will The Serbian Tennis Player Acquire Her Prestige As World Number 1 Once Again?

 

Jelena Jankovic was born February 28, 1985 in Belgrade, Serbia. She is one of the Top Tennis Players in the world and former World’s Top One. She was acquainted into tennis by her elder brother as well as fitness instructor Marko when she was 9. Her mom, Snezana, travels the world with her and was really a big influence on her tennis career.

Jankovic won her first Junior National Title at the age of 11. Right after such success, she was sent to Florida where she entered Nick Bollettieri’s Training Academy.

Being a Junior, she won the 2001 Australian Open thus becoming the Junior World’s Number One Junior Tennis Player. In 2001, she started to play in the WTA Tour. She then became a professional tennis Player in 2002. Jankovic has reached the Singles Final from the US Open (2008), the Singles Semi-finals of the Australian Open (2008) and the French Open (2007, 2008). In 2007, she conquered the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Title with British partner Jamie Murray.

She was recognized as the World’s Number One Player for seventeen consecutive weeks but was overtaken by Serena Williams on February 2, 2009. Before the season ends, she was recognized the World’s Number One in 2008, the first player in the entire history within the WTA Tour to do this without winning a single Grand Slam Title.

Jelena has downplayed her inability to win a Single Grand Slam Tournament stating that there are a lot of tennis players who’ve won Grand Slam Competitions but most women have ended the season as World’s Number One. However, she can’t be regarded as the best player if she is not able to got some Grand Slam Competitions in her tennis career.

Although Jelena has great ground strokes, she doesn’t have a serve which could bail her from tight spots. Her emotional outburst causes the lady to lose points. She is easily disturbed on court. Also, she doesn’t take defeat too seriously which is really a good characteristic when it comes to sportsmanship but may reduce her need to go all out to win matches. We will have to wait and find out if Jelena Jankovic has the capacity to win some Grand Slam Competitions during her career.

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