Svetlana Kuznetsova to win “China Open”

The powerful ground stroke and experience helped sixth seed and Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova to win “China Open” tennis tournament in 2009. In the final match, she was defeated Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska with the score 6-2 6-4. By winning this tournament, she improved her rank position from six to four. Kuznetsova was the winner of 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open singles titles and also the runner-up in singles at the 2006 French Open and the 2007 US Open.

BIOGRAPHY

Kuznetsova was born on 27th June, 1985 in Leningrad, Russia as the daughter of cycling coach Aleksandr Kuznetsov and cycling world champion Galina Tsareva. Her brother Nikolay Kuznetsov is also silver medalist in Atlanta Olympics. Initially, she tried cycling, and later she focussed on tennis and went to spain for tennis training. She started her professional tennis career in ‘ITF Circuit’ in 2000 and won the ‘ITF Circuit’ title in 2001. She made her Grand Slam debut at the ‘2002 Australian Open’ and lose in third round. She won her first WTA single’s title in ‘Nordea Nordic Light Open’ in Helsinki, Finland. In 2003 Wimbledon, she reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal of her career by defeating Maria Sharapova. However, in the quarter final, she was defeated by third seed Justine Henin. In 2007 seasons, she finished World No. 2 positions. In 2008 Australian Open, she lost in third round, in French Open, she reached the semi final, At Wimbledon, Kuznetsova lost in the fourth round and lost in first round of the US Open. At 2009 Australian Open, Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals,but lost to eventual champion Serena Williams. She won ‘2009 French open’ which was the second Grand Slam title of her career. In this tournament, she defeated Serena Williams in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, she defeated Samantha Stosur and reached her fourth Grand Slam final. In the final, she defeated top seed Safina. Recently, she won China Open tournament by defeating Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska. She is also expert in doubles tennis. She is the winner of ‘2005 Australian Open’ and ‘2009 French Open’ doubles. Kuznetsova is considered to be one of the physically strongest players in tennis along with Venus and Serena Williams.