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Svetlana out of Olympics

Russian tennis player and former French open champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova, has said that she is shocked to hear that she is out of the Russian squad for the London Olympics.

The president of the Tennis Federation of Russia, Shamil Tarpishchev, has announced the Russian squad for the London Olympics. There are six members in the squad. Maria Sharapova will be leading the side. The other members of the squad are Ekaterina Makarova, Nadya Petrova, Maria Kirilenko, Vera Zvonareva and Elena Vesnina. However, Mr. Tarpishchev said that Svetlana Kuznetsova would be the reserved player for the London Olympics.

On being asked about her being selected as the reserved player for the Olympics, Kuznetsova answered that it is quite hard to believe that she has not been included in the main squad. As per Kuznetsova, this news had disturbed her a lot. Kuznetsova had represented Russia in the last two Olympics of 2004 and 2008 which were held in Athens and Beijing respectively. She performed quite well in 2004 and went to the quarter finals. However, she had to suffer a defeat in the quarterfinals. But, the Beijing Olympics was a nightmare for her. She got defeated in the very first round by Li Na of China.

Meanwhile, Kuznetsova has clearly said that she would not be going to London as a reserved player. She said that it would be better to play in some American Tournaments rather than visiting London as a reserved player. The current world ranking of Kuznetsova is 35 which is better than the rankings of the two members of the Russian Olympic squad i.e. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. Also, Kuznetsova has a decent record at Wimbledon, where the Olympic matches are going to be played. So, the omission of Kuznetsova from the main squad is quite surprising.

Kuznetsova not going to London as a Reserve

Russian tennis ace Svetlana Kuznetsova has made it clear that she will not travel to London as part of the tennis contingent of Russia as reserve player, in spite of her selection for that role.

The President of the Russian Tennis Federation had made it clear that the 27 year old would be a reserve player for the 6 member tennis contingent for the London Olympic Games, expected to be led by Maria Sharapova, the third ranked female tennis player in the world. Continue reading Kuznetsova not going to London as a Reserve

Kuznetsova could have outside chance

Three months into another predictably unpredictable season, the former  world number two Sevetlana Kuznetsova  split with coach Olga Morozova and hired former pro Amos Mansdorf as her new coach.  Although the Russian has slipped to number 26 in the world she remains a distinct possibility of winning in Paris at this years French open.

The reasons for this are that despite an up and down year,  the two-time Grand Slam champion beat former French Open champion Ana Ivanovic on red clay in the Fed Cup semifinals, before a poor performance in the final. Kuznetsova seems to lift her level against higher-ranked foes to gain traction on dirt. She’s 2-4 versus top-20 opponents this season after going 5-10 against top-20 players last season. Despite this it has been over two years since her last successful tournament.

Consistency has been the twenty six year old biggest concern, and she’s prone to flakiness and frustration under pressure. But the 2009 French Open champion has reached at least the quarterfinals in five of her past six appearances in Paris; she can alter the spin, speed and height of her shots and owns the variety that plays well on clay. Thus with some momentum and the continuation of strong performances against the top player, Kuznetsova may be able to recapture her form to challenge for a grand slam victory.

Despite this after a first round defeat in the Italian Open in Rome to Ana Ivanovic, and a two year slump in ranking and performance, it would seem to early in her recovery to the top of the game for a grand slam victory, although with a French Open victory in 2009, there is potential for her to turn back the clock.

FOCUS ON KUZNETSOVA

Svetlana was born in the year 1985 and is a Rusian professional Tennis player. Svetlana has not got much luck when it comes to the game o tennis. As of April 9, 2012 Svetlana Kuznetsova ranks number 27 while in the Women’s Tennis Association singles and number 27 in the doubles ranking of the same league. Apart from all of this, Svelana Kuznetsova appeared and participated in four grand slam singles and and won two of them while took part in seven double matches winning again only two of them.

In the year 2004, Svetlana Kuznetsova won her first grand slam award.  This award made her the third Russian women to win the title after Maria Sharapova and Anastaisa.  The second grand slam that Svetlana won was in the year 2009.  In the year 2011, Svetlana Kuznetsova’s first tournament was theASB Classic Open In Auckland. Immediately after this Svetlana shifted to Sydney for the  Medibank International Sydney.  In the Australian Open Svetlana Kuznetsova was seeded 23rd. and she lost in the fourth round to Shiavone.  This match was considered to be the longest match in the Open era among women grand slam matches.  The next tournament that came up was the Dubai Tennis Championship. However not only did Svetlana lose here in the top seed but also in the Qatar open  Svetlana lost against the eight seed.

After receiving a wildcard, Svetlana Kuznetsova seeded second at the 2011 Andalucia Teenis experience.  This time she moved to the semi finals but again lost against qualifier Irina Begu.