Famous female tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova is a Russian born tennis professional who is currently ranked third in Women’s Tennis. She has won two tennis Grand Slam singles titles during her career and has been runner up in other Grand Slam finals. She is a reigning French Open champion and she also won the US Open title in 2004. Kuznetsova was a runner up in the French Open in 2004 and Us Open in 2007. She has born to a coach father who has coached five world and Olympic cycling champions. Kuznetsova could not keep up with her winning streak in year 2008 where she reached only two finals. She kept losing to seeded players and ended as World No. 8 at the year end which made her the only women tennis player to be among top ten best female tennis players with no title. The performance of Russian tennis player Kuznetsova improved in year 2009 when her ranking improved to 3 but she could not retain this ranking and fell to World No. 27 in year 2010 which is her lowest career ranking.
With two Grand Slam singles titles already on her resume, Svetlana Kuznetsova, 26, still believes there is more for her to accomplish in tennis. She might be under the radar and playing on the outside courts as the No. 15 seed, but the 2004 U.S. Open champ and 2009 French Open champ is quietly working her way through the tournament. She beat Elena Baltacha of Great Britain 6-4, 6-3, on Thursday to move into the third round and will next face Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan. Kuznetsova spoke to espnW after the win over Baltacha.
Svetlana Kuznetsova: Well, I was 19. It was a long time ago. I just remember that I was playing unbelievable in the final. [She defeated countrywoman Elena Dementieva.] I remember [in the] semifinal I was losing against [Lindsay] Davenport 6-1, 2-1 and down a break, and I have no clue how I won this match, that I could turn it around given the wind was so strong. And I don't know, I just was very excited and I couldn't expect for myself another win and then things changed a lot for me after this win here.
SK: I don't have any hopes or expectations, I just want to play my best tennis each match. I can and go match by match, and let's see where it will bring me, because you never know what to expect from any opponent and you always have to be ready 100 percent.
