Monday 21 November 2011

Alisa Kleybanova

 Alisa Kleybanova biography
Currently ranked No. 26 in the world, Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova has four career WTA titles.
She has been ranked as high as No. 22 in singles (March 22, 2010) and No. 10 in doubles (Feb. 1, 2010).
She played in her first main Tour draw in 2004, reaching the second round at Indian Wells.
She struggled to qualify for the Tour over the next three years, but emerged as a force in 2008, reaching the quarterfinals of three tournaments, and making the fourth round at Wimbledon before losing to Venus Williams.
She also reached the second round of the Australian, French and US Opens. She made her Top 100 debut on Feb. 18, then moved into the Top 50 on June 9, ultimately fiishing the year ranked No. 33.
In 2009, she reached the semifinals of three events and reached the fourth round of the Australian Open. Entering the tournament as the No. 29 seed, she defeted No. 5 seed Ana Ivanovic. She ended the year ranked No. 26.
In 2010, she made the third round of the Australian Open before losing to Justine Henin. She reached the quarterfinals at Indian Wells as the No. 23 seed, defeating Kim Clijsters before losing to eventual champion Jelena Jankovic. 
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Ana Ivanovic vs Alisa Kleybanova 2009 AO Highlights

Irina Khromacheva

 Irina Khromacheva Biography
Irina Khromacheva was born on May, 12th 1995 in Russia’s capital the city of Moscow. Since the childhood she was very cheerfully busy child. Her parents tried to find whenever it was possible a time for various developing exercises, so she has learned to walk early enough. At the age of three years she was signed up for figure skating. But once in the winter she has unsuccessfully fallen on a skating rink and doctors ascertained a shin fracture. After that it was finished with figure skating though till now she’s skating with pleasure, but not quite often. In parallel with figure skating Irina attended an art school. She didn’t came in with the painting well enough but the clay modeling turned out mush better. Unfortunately the going in for tennis didn’t leave a much time to continue art education.
Once in the summer of 1999 Irina’s parents went to Sokolniki park to play tennis and have taken her with them. While taking a break for rest they gave a racquet to Irina, and it she surprisingly quickly begun to hit the ball. On the way back home, passing by the Shiryaevo Pole courts parents not shelving have decided to show their daughter to the tennis trainer. She appeared to be Elena Viktorovna Nikishchihina. Having tested the child, it has appointed the first training for next day. So the tennis life has begun.
After a year of employment Irina has passed in Marina Andreevna Maryenko's group who again recruited the kids after a birth of her son. Training process became much more intensive, while an abundance of courts allowed to spend a lot of time playing. Mrina Andreevna were assisted by her father Andrey Fedorovich who was engaged in children physical training. There was a great amount of work done, wich yielded a good results in the future. They trained the whole day by summer, and for two-three hours after school daily in the winter, with the exception of Sundays. After seven years of employment on Spartak, in the summer of 2006, Khromacheva Irina went over to training in DTSS "Belokamennaya" helmed V.N.Kamelzon where Natalia Rozhkova and Michael Fayngersh became her trainers. The further perfection of her skill passed on a courts of this school.
Her first official competitions Irina played in december of 2003 года - Locomotiv superiority. After training games in a group the competition wasn’t such a big deal. As a result was a first place, the first certificate of merit and the first cup. There was many victories after that, several times Irina won superiority of Moscow on her age. Many competitions were played on a higher age group, and is often successful. In 2005 Irina Khromacheva as a part of Russian national team lineup has left on her first international competitions - informal European superiority among girls 12 years and under. They took the first place. On the summer of 2006 in a Moscow picked team lineup she became a champion of Russia.
On the winter of 2007 Хромачева has begun to take participation in personal international tournaments for the age under 12 years. The first tournament took place in Denmark. The road has appeared to be not easy – difficult flight, a long waiting for a train on a penetrating wind of railway station. But despite all that Irina has gained 5 victories and became the winner of this tournament. From Denmark Khromachevs have moved to next tournament in Helsenborg (Sweden). Having passed the qualification, Irina successfully came up to a semi-final of these competitions where she has conceded in three sets to a future winner. After that there was a victories in Vilnius (3 category), in Umaga (2), Magalufa (3), Sergiev-Posad (2) following.
Another side of Khromacheva Irina’s talent opens in doubles competitions. The majority of doubles tournaments where she took part in has won: Superiority of Russia, the Cup of the Kremlin (1), Saint Genevieve (1), Tarb (1), Livorno (1) and many other.
Since the second half of 2007 Khromacheva began to play tournaments of the maximum (1) category in the senior age group. The first tournament of this category was well-known Paribas in France, but it has appeared unsuccessful for Irina. In the first round she loose to much more skilled and 2 years older girl in three sets. But Kromacheva nevertheless has got own back on this tournament by reaching the final in the doubles. The next first category tournament was the Cup of the Kremlin which runs in Moscow. Here Irina has has reached semi-final in singles category and has won the doubles. Further followed the tournaments Saint Genevieve (France), Bolton (England) and Tarb (France) where Khromacheva has reached quarter-final, semi-final and quarter-fin and Tarb were in doubles so Irina have gained a reputation as one of the best doubles players.
Her first victory in first victory tournaments Khromacheva Irina was celebrating in Italian Livorno on March, 2008 where she became absolute champion, both in singles, and in doubles category. That victory has allowed her to rise to the second line of the European rating among girls 14 and under. Having left Livorno after a final, Irina played next day two games of tournament of 1-st category in Portugal. Despite weariness, she has got trough to a semifinal in these competitions where she loose in three to a future winner, showing sports character and will.
On the summer of 2007 in lineup of Russia national team she has won the first officiall European superiority among girls 12 and under. Acting as team’s first number, she has played with the strongest girls of her age and has not lost a single match. And already on the winter of 2008 Хромачева has won a European team superiority among girls 14 and under.
At the time Irina Khromacheva is training in Justine Henin Academy in Belgium, near to Brussels. Trainings passing under direction of a skilled Academy trainers with the participation of Carlos Rodriguez - the trainer for the ex-first world’s racquet.

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Irina Khromacheva / Elina Svitolina - COME ON !

Alina Jidkova

Alina Jidkova Biography
Coached by Marco Martizi; fitness coach is Mauro Piras......Favorite surface is hard court...Father, Vladimir, is an engineer; mother, Lina, is a school teacher; brother, Dmitriy, owns a construction business...Has a collection of teddy bears...Nickname is Alinka...Hobbies include music, going out and reading...Other sports interests include ice skating and gymnastics...Favorites include wild flowers, the book Memoirs of a Geisha, the movie Far and Away, Italian foods and her mom’s borsht (Russian soup)...Favorite cities are Rome, for its culture, food and beauty, and Moscow because it is the soul of Russia...Most memorable tennis experience was playing Lindsay Davenport for the first time at the Australian Open and also meeting Chris Evert; most memorable non-tennis experience was her first trip outside of Russia at the age of 12 when she went to Italy. 
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Alina Jidkova & Akiko Morigami warmup in Miami 2008
Alina Jidkova in Paris indoors 2008

Ekaterina Ivanova (tennis)

Ekaterina Ivanova Biography
IVANOVA Ekaterina - born October 3, 1949. G. Leningrad. In 1967 came and in 1973 graduated from Leningrad Mechanical Order of the Red Banner Institute in 'Flight Dynamics and Control ". Every year from 01.09.1973 to 01.07.1976 on the job upgrading their skills in Mathematics and Mechanics of the Leningrad Order of Lenin and the Order of Red Banner of Labor of the State University of skill AA. Zhdanov mathematics. In 1978 she graduated from the intramural aspitanturu ELAM. In 1983 graduated with honors from the University of Marxism-Leninism of the Leningrad Party Committee.
At the time of study at the institute was proforgom group and Leninist Scholar. Attended lectures on engineering psychology at the University, which helped her in a comprehensive manner to the studied material. 11.1972-01.1973 - laboratory SRI team of devices. 04.1973-12.1975 - Engineer SRI team of devices. 12.1975-12.1978 - graduate student, junior researcher, Department No 5 of the Leningrad Mechanical Institute. 01.1979-08.1983 Junior Fellow No 5 ELAM. 07.1982 took part in the experiment of hypokinesia, conducted by the Institute of Biomedical Problems,. 09.1983-12.1983 - Assistant ELAM. 12.1983-199 ..... - Cosmonaut researcher ELAM. While preparing to fly into space was actively involved in scientific and pedagogical work in the Baltic State Technical University. Elected Chair Komsomol organizer ELAM, . was a visiting instructor, Department of the Party bureau ELAM, . Deputy Chairman of the Council of young scientists and specialists of the Institute, . Member MAN, . responsible for the collection of works on the dynamics of flight ELAM, . member of the Council of ELAM proforintatsii,
. In 1980 was admitted to the selection of a cosmonaut and former chief medical commission of the Ministry of Health and the USSR Ministry of Defense
. 09/03/1983 decision of the interdepartmental commission of the USSR CM credited to the cosmonaut and the Order of the Ministry of the USSR Wissa appointed cosmonaut researcher. From 26/12/1983 to 04/07/1984 held in the CTC training to fly a spaceship Soyuz T and DOS "Salute" as a cosmonaut-researcher. From 1983-1984 was part of the backup crew and was trained on the program "extravehicular activity". In 04 .-. 05.1984 passed entrance exams interdepartmental commission on the structure and systems of the spacecraft and the station with "excellent". In 06.1984 in the crew (together with VV. Vasyutin and VP. Savinykh) conducted comprehensive training with "excellent". Volume totaled 1,159 hours of training. From 19/11/1984 to 22/04/1987 was preparing to fly on a spacecraft "Soyuz TM" and the research station Mir as flight engineer for the women's crew (with S.E. Savitsky and E.I. Dobrokvashinoy). The volume of training at 22.04.1987 amounted to 3823 hours. During the period of preparation passed exams mezhdedomstvennym commissions to design and systems of the spacecraft and the station only to "excellent". On its own initiative, mastered functions captain and the manual docking in contingency situations. In 1987, EA. Ivanov was presented general designer VP. Glushko to participate in 1988 as a flight engineer in a space flight on the Soyuz TM "and complex" Mir "(jointly with VA. Lyakhov and VV. Polyakov), but for reasons dictated by the international situation at that time, was replaced by a citizen of Afghanistan, AA. Mohmand. Since 1988, cosmonaut researcher BGTU EA. Ivanov held annual medical re-examinations in the Institute for medikobiologicheskih problems with the endorsement of the medical review committee ( "is fit" without restrictions). In 1995, State President. RF Committee on Higher Education VG. Kinelev turned to RSA with a request to contract with EA. for her flight into space. However B.D. Ostroumov replied that at that time crews to perform space flight ma station Mir in 1995-1997 had already been formed and approved by. She was also invited to contact one of the organizations (CPC, . RSC Energia, and IBMP) about the possibility of its enrollment in the state of one of the cosmonaut corps, . with subsequent incorporation of the crew subject to completion of all necessary procedures, . including the approval of the Interagency Commission on the Selection of Astronauts,
 
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Daria Gavrilova

Daria Gavrilova Biography
Daria Gavrilova (born March 5, 1994) is a junior Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 347, which she reached on May 02, 2011.
Daria highest junior ITF ranking is at No. 1 reached on August 23, 2010 
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     Daria Gavrilova, 2009 Eddie Herr
Gavrilova vs Zheng - Women's Singles Tennis - Gold Medal Match - Singapore 2010 Youth

Vera Dushevina

Vera Dushevina Biography
A winner of one WTA title (Istanbul in 2009), Vera Dushevina also reached the fourth round of the Australian Open in 2005, reaching her career high ranking of No. 31 that same year. (as of October 28, 2009)
Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina (VEH-rah doo-SHEH-vee-nah; Russian: Вера Душевина; born 6 October 1986) is a Russian professional female tennis player. She was born in Moscow but now resides in Khimki, Russia. In 2006, she changed her family name from Douchevina to Dushevina. Dushevina reached her first Women's Tennis Association singles final in 2005, at the International Women's Open in Eastbourne, England, where she finished runner-up to former World No. 1 Kim Clijsters. Two years later, she reached her second final at the Nordea Nordic Light Open, losing in straight sets to Agnieszka Radwańska. Dushevina reached the final of the Stockholm event again in 2007, losing to Caroline Wozniacki. Dushevina has won one doubles title, the Warsaw Open, playing with Tatiana Perebiynis in 2007. She was also a part of the winning Russian team in the 2005 Fed Cup, winning doubles ties in the quarter- and semi-finals finals partnering Dinara Safina. Dushevina began writing a blog for Eurosport about her time on the tour in 2009. 
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       Venus Williams vs Vera Dushevina 2009 USO Highlights
Elena Dementieva vs. Vera Dushevina

Anna Dmitrieva

Anna Dmitrieva Biography
Born Dec. 10, 1940. Father - Dmitriev Vladimir Vladimirovich, was the chief designer Theater,. Mother - a famous actress. Stepfather - Kirill Molchanov, composer. Half-brother - Molchanov Vladimir Kirillovich, a well-known author and presenter of TV programs.
The strongest tennis player of the USSR late 1950's - 1960. One of the leading masters of rackets in Europe in mid-1960. First among the Soviet participant's tennis at Wimbledon. Popular sports commentator, one of the organizers of Russia's first sports TV channel ... Such is a brief record of Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anna Dmitrieva.
Anna grew up in an artistic environment, the world's creative elite. Tennis court for the first time I saw a future champion in the suburban house of rest "cape", where in the postwar years often spent summers Moscow Art Theater. Together with his father there on vacation and Anya. Here, girls often witnessed tennis tournaments Theater, full of dramatic intensity, with champions and favorites. At neglected, overgrown with grass court in Pestovo unfolded neshutochnye tennis battle.
The strongest tennis player at the time of the country and the Moscow Art Theater was a great Nikolai Ozerov. But the ultimate authority for many veterans of MAT was granduncle of Anna Dmitrieva - Vsevolod A. Verbitsky. For the right to be called the second racket long dispute waged between them Mikhail Yanshin, Eugene V. Kaluga, Mikhail N. Kidron, Viktor Yakovlevich Stanitsyn, Alexander Komissarov ... Unparalleled names, idols of generations.
They say that in tournaments with the participation Verbitskogo once walked the entire theater, and his tennis victory was celebrated as the premiere. But not on stage or on the tennis court to see him Dmitrieva was not able to. At a time when he taught grandniece of holding a racket, he was already seriously ill. The girl became so fond of tennis, which is almost never parted with the racket. All summer long dreamed show uncle Seva, as she learned to play well. One morning he said Anya: "Today I come to watch you," but at the same morning, Vsevolod Alekseevich died suddenly.
The next two summers, Anya D. diligently worked on the court and succeeded in significantly. Moscow Art Theater has always styled her future champion. Maybe someone really believed that the girl had inherited the talent of his great-uncle. One way or another, but shortly before her seriously question arose of what to do: ballet, which she dreamed, like most girls, or are serious about tennis. The final choice was made in the home of the nearest friend of the family theater artist Boris Erdmann, who after the sudden death of Anna's father was caring for her older friend. Once he invited me to dinner the famous tennis champion 1920-1930-ies Nina Sergeyevna Teplyakova. Learning about girl's talent and her passion for tennis, she invited Dmitriev to his section tennis DSO Dynamo. Then Anya, of course, could not and suggest that it is destined to defend the colors of the club over a dozen years.

In 1986-1991 years in Moscow to hold competitions for prizes Dmitrieva. She - the author of a book about tennis, play their game "(Moscow, 1972.). 
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    Judo 2011 EC Juniors Lommel: Anna Dmitrieva (RUS) - Hanna Davidovich (BLR) [-48kg]
Beka Gviniashvili (ბექა ღვინიაშვილი) in WJCH 2011 in Cape Town (RSA)