Elena Vesnina: talented Russian tennis player

Very often concentrated tennis player ever to play in the singles or doubles. Universal Elena Vesnina for the past ten years, successfully combines both. On account of its Grand Slam trophies in pair won WTA tournaments without the help of partners. And in 2016, together with Ekaterina Makarova she was able to win in the final of the Games in Rio over the legendary Martina Hingis and Sabina Lisnitski and become Olympic champion.

The game style

Elena Vesnina consistently performs at various tournaments, not paying attention to the type of site, but still her playful way closer fast court surface. She has a great first serve, it acts aggressively at the reception, forcing opponents to risk.

Elena loves immediately designate their advantage on the court. Powerful blows it tries to drive opponents from corner to corner pad. Aggressive military action interspersed with frequent exits to the grid, which further confuses opponents.

Early career

In the western Ukrainian Lviv Vesnina Elena she was born in 1986. Tennis entered the lives of girls from six years old when her family moved to Sochi. She worked in the group Yuri Yudkina, who started and Maria Sharapova, then went to the USA. Junior career Elena included not too many significant matches. only the quarter-finals of the junior Grand Slam, where she lost to Bulgarian Sesil Karantachevoy can be identified. In addition, you can remember to play for the national team in the Fed Cup, where together with other girls Elena Vesnina reached the finals.

Since 2002, the athlete begins to compete and adult tournaments. After failing four times a year to reach the finals of ITF tournaments, she managed to get to number three hundred of the strongest tennis players in WTA rankings. She also started well in doubles. By 2004 Vesnina managed to win six tournaments ITF.

Universal fighter

The 2006-2007 season is a transition to a more qualitative level. It is the first time in his career comes to the main stage of the tournament at Wimbledon. Athlete was able to pass the fourth round, where he lost a compatriot Nadia Petrova. So Elena Vesnina breaks into the top hundred rankings WTA singles titles.

The greatest success tennis sought still in doubles. Over the years, Elena Vesnina has worked with many athletes. Among its partners are Sania Mirza, Victoria Azarenka Ekaterina Makarova and others. During this time she took two Grand Slam titles.

The first victory came at the French Open in 2013, followed a year later by a similar success at the tournament in the United States. In addition, fifteen times Elena along with his partner won the WTA tournaments.

Vesnina is regularly drawn to the games of the Russian team, which used her talent playing in the doubles. During this time it twice with the team won in the women's finals of the main tournament among teams.

After a series of unsuccessful seasons, when the athlete even flew out of the top hundred rankings, Elena Vesnina as gained a second wind. In 2016, the first time she reached the semifinals of Wimbledon in singles, where she lost to Serena Williams only invincible. In addition, paired with Makarova she won at the Olympics in doubles, where in the final match was defeated Martina Hingis and the pair Sabina Lisnitski.