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Maria Kirilenko

Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko is a Russian professional tennis player born in Moscow, Russia on 25^th January, 1987. She was very fond of this game at an early age and her father brought to ‘Dinamo’ Moscow Central Stadium when she was only seven. She started playing many tournaments at her age level and soon she became number one in her age group, many well known tennis players watched her talent and helped her in her training-process and to attend tournaments. She became one of the youngest player to win junior US open and Canadian open in 2002, since then she started participating in various WTA events, but due to an injury in 2004, her ranking dropped down. She made a strong come back in 2005, winning her first WTA title in Beijing, beating Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 6-3, 6-4 in the China Open, and she won many games her ranking rose up tremendously and she broke into top 20 in June 2006. She had also played for Russia in Fed Cup tournament in world group quarter-final tie against Belgium. At the 2006 US Open, Kirilenko received the 20th seed of the tournament and reached the 3rd Round, eventually being defeated by Aravane Rezai. In 2007, she played in all the grand slams: Australian Open (3^rd round), French Open (2^nd round), Wimbledon (1^st round) and US Open (3^rd round). After US open, she participated in Sunfeast Open in Kolkata, India and she won her second WTA tour title defeating unseeded Mariya Koryttseva of the Ukraine in straight sets 6-0, 6-2. She shares a good friendship with Maria Sharapova. She loves football and classical music, she can listen Vivaldi, Mozart, Bach or Beethoven for hours. She loves watching movies and her favorite ones are 'The Barber of Siberia’ and ‘The Story of a Knight’. In 2006, she was selected by British fashion designer Stella McCartney as the face of adidas, since then she is wearing adidas clothing and footwear designed by Stella McCartney at all tournaments.

J.J (Jelena Jankovic)

Jelena Jankovic is a pro tennis player from Serbia. She was born in Belgrade Serbia on 28^th February, 1985 as a third child of Veselin and Snezana Jankovic, both economists. Her father is from Montenegro, and her mother is Serbian. She first learned tennis at tennis club ‘Red Star’. She was introduced to tennis by her elder brother and fitness coach Marko and later she was trained at the Tennis Academy of Nick Bollettieri at Florida. She won junior Australian Open in 2001, also she started to play in WTA tours, and she reached the second round at her first tournament at the Indian Wells Masters. She won her first ITF title in Dubai in 2003, and she also entered top 100, at number 90 for the first time. She also made her debut at Grand Slam in Australia, but lost in 2^nd round. In May, Jankovic won her first WTA title, a Tier V event, in Budapest, defeating Martina Sucha in the final 7-6, 6-3. In 2004, she played many matches and defeated many top ranked players and her ranking improved to number 28 by the end of season of 2004. Latter in the year 2005, she played in all the Grand Slams and reached in many of WTA and ITF finals and her ranking at the end of the season eclipsed her 2004 record at No. 22. The initial half of 2006, was not so impressive for Jankovic as she lost many matches, in Wimbledon she defeated Venus Williams in the 3^rd round but lost in the fourth round to Anastasia Myskina, and latter in some other tournament she defeated Serena Williams, thus becoming only player in 2006 to defeat both the Williams sisters. She played very impressive tennis in latter half of 2006, and finished the season ranked just outside the Top 10, at No. 12, as she reached semifinals of US Open. To kick off her 2007 season, Jankovic won her second title at the Tier IV ASB Classic tournament in Auckland, New Zealand. She made it to the fourth round of the Australian Open, when she got eliminated to the eventual champion Serena Williams 6-3, 6-2. Though she lost in the fourth round, she has entered the top 10 at number 10 for the first time in her career, also at French Open she made it to semifinals, where she lost to Justine Henin in semifinals. Due to her strong performance in the 2007 French Open. It brought her ranking up to number 3 on 11th June (her highest career rank ever). At Wimbledon in singles she could only reach up to only 4^th round, but she won her first Grand Slam title in mixed doubles category with Jamie Murray of United Kingdom. In US open, in quarter finals she was defeated by Venus Williams in a toughly contested match of 4-6, 6-1,7-6(4). She is often regarded as one of the fittest and toughest players in recent years for her great defensive abilities and footwork. In 2007 she played more matches than any other player did and maintained her third rank as well, which is the proof of her incredible stamina and well-balanced performance. She speaks English, as well French language since she went to French diplomatic school in Belgrade. Presently she is a student of a private “Megatrend” college in Belgrade. Her favorite book is “The Bridge on the Drina”, by famous Serbian Nobel prize winner Ivo Andric her favorite film is “Titanic”.

'other OVA'

Nicole Vaidisova was born in West Germany on 23^rd April, 1989. Basically she is a Czech player. She has been coached by her stepfather Alex Kodat, her mother Riana, introduced her to tennis. Sometimes on court she has been referred as ‘other ova’, first one being ‘Maria Sharapova’ as both the players style of game, looks and even height are even similar. In her singles career she has got career record of 145-47 and she had won nearly 8 singles’ titles. She made her debut in 2003 and she won 1 ITF title in the same year. In 2004, she won two WTA titles and also she broke into top 100, thus she became youngest ever player to be in top 100 at the age of 14. She also made her grand slam debut at US open, but she lost in very 1^st round match to Justine Henin. In 2005, she played beautifully as she rose up to number 17 in WTA ranking. She started the year with reaching the 3^rd round of Australian open and in French open she defeated Anastasia Myskina, her first top 10 victory. At the US open she reached to 4^th round, where she was defeated by Nadia Petrova. She won consecutively titles at Seoul, Tokyo and Bangkok in three weeks. Highlight of her career in 2006 was French open, where she reached the semifinals and she finished the season at number 10^th , first time being in top 10. In 2007, she reached up to semifinals of Australian open, but she was defeated by eventual champion Serena Williams. She was defeated in quarter final of French open by Jelena Jankovic. And then again in Wimbledon in quarter final she lost to yet another Serbian Ana Ivanovic 4-6, 6-2, 5-7. In the US open she couldn’t go beyond 3^rd round, where she was defeated by Shahar Pe'er by 4-6, 6-3, 6-7(5).