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| Birth Name(s) : Anastasia Myskina |
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Full Anastasia Myskina Biography
Anastasia Andreyevna Myskina (Анастасия Мыскина; IPA: ) (born July 8, 1981, Moscow, Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia.
2002 was a breakthrough season for Myskina. Scored her first Top 10 win over defending champion Jelena Dokic in Rome, and entered the Top 20 afterwards. Myskina reached back-to-back grass court finals in Birmingham and Eastbourne, and rose to No.15 in the rankings. She won first Tier II title in Bahia, and making another runner-up finish in Leipzig confirmed her spot in WTA Tour Championships. She finished the 2002 season within Top 15 for the first time in her career.
2004 was Mykina's best season to date. Myskina defended her Doha crown, afterwards becoming the first Russian woman to break into the Top 5. Following her Doha defense, Myskina's 2004 season became highlighted by a Grand Slam win at the French Open, where she saved match points in the fourth round against Svetlana Kuznetsova, then defeated former World Number 1 players Venus Williams and Jennifer Capriati, en route to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over compatriot Elena Dementieva in the first all-Russian Grand Slam final, and thus making her the first female Russian to win a Grand Slam singles title. Prior to her French Open victory, she never made it past the 2nd round at Roland Garros. Following her win in Paris, she rose to No.3 in the rankings. She reached the final in San Diego, snapping Maria Sharapova’s 14-match winning streak that included Wimbledon and beat Vera Zvonareva 17-15 in a third set tie-break, saving 9 match points, winning the longest final set tie-break in WTA Tour history. She lost in the 2004 Athens Olympics semifinal to Justine Henin, having led 5-1 in the final set. Rose to a career-high No.2 in the rankings. Myskina recovered from the tough loss to win the Kremlin Cup for the second straight year, and beat No.2 Lindsay Davenport for the first time in 5 meetings en route to doing so. She finished on the top of her group at the WTA Tour Championships, and scored her second win over a world No.1 by again beating Davenport, but lost in the semifinals to the eventual champion Sharapova. Myskina led Russia to its first Fed Cup title, winning 8 out of 9 matches played, including winning all of her 3 matches in the final. Finished the season as World No.3, a career-best year-end rank for a female Russian, and won over $2 millions in prize money, having scored ten Top 10 wins during the 2004 season.
2005 brought Myskina mixed fortunes. She spent the first half of 2005 poorly, due to personal issues reguarding her mother's health. Myskina surrendered her Doha and Roland Garros titles in the very first round, and became the first Roland Garros champion to lose in the opening round. Bringing an 8-10 win-loss record to the beginning of the grass court season, Myskina managed to turn it around at Wimbledon by reaching her career-first quarterfinal at the event with three comeback wins over Jelena Janković (from a 1-5 final set deficit), and over Dementieva (being 1-6, 0-3 down and facing match points in the second set tiebreak). She fell out of the Top 10 in August. She then won a tenth career title in Kolkata beating lower-ranked opponents. She did, however, beat the 2005 Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in Fed Cupsemifinals, but then lost both of her matches in the final. Myskina finished inside Top 15 for the fourth straight time.
Myskina is one of the better baseline players in the game today, as shown with her French Open title in 2004. Despite this she prefers faster court surfaces, although having all the hallmarks of a genuine clay court champion (fast feet, stamina, all court play, deft touch and court smarts). Her game is characterized by a combination of consistent rallying and aggressive baseline points. Known as one of the smartest players on the tour, Myskina often out-thinks her opponents, toying with them, thus forcing them into error. Her backhand is her best shot, as her forehand tends to break down during matches. She is adept at using the 'angles' of the court to exploit slower opponents, and is able to mix the pace of her groundstrokes during a point. The major weaknesses in her game are her second serve, her forehand, and occasional inconsistency.
Her German coach, Jens Gerlach, is also a former boyfriend. Myskina's supposed current boyfriend is HC Dynamo Moscow hockey player Alexandr Stepanov, and she has also been linked to Austrian tennis pro Jürgen Melzer. On 10 October 2006 Melzer commented: "We're happy as a couple, but everything else is none of your business, it's our private life!"
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