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Full Nadia Petrova Biography
Nadia Petrova (pee-TROH-vuh; Russian:Надежда Петрова (help·info), Nadézhda Petróva; born June 8, 1982, Moscow, Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia.
2003 was arguably Petrova's breakthrough season. Ranked No. 76 in the world, she stunned all by reaching the semi-finals of Roland Garros, beating former World No. 1's Monica Seles and Jennifer Capriati to become the third lowest-ranked player to reach the semi-finals there. Her ranking rose to a career high of No. 30 after this showing. She also reached the semi-finals of 's-Hertogenbosch, Zurich and Philadelphia, losing to Justine Henin-Hardenne on two of those occasions. She entered the top twenty for the first time after a third round showing in the Rogers Cup and by the end of the season had reached No. 12. To cap it all off, she reached her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour final at the end of the season in Linz, losing to Ai Sugiyama 7-5, 6-4.
At the 2004 U.S. Open, she pulled off the biggest win of her career by defeating Justine Henin 6-3, 6-2 in the fourth round. Henin was the World No. 1 then and also the defending champion. It was Petrova's first ever victory over a reigning World No. 1. She lost in the quarter-finals to eventual champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6, 6-3. Nadia reached three more semi-finals during the fall season at Bali, Linz and Philadelphia. She finished the season at No. 12, the same place that she finished the 2003 season.
Petrova reached her third career final at the Qatar Telecom German Open in May, beating Klára Zakopalová, Mary Pierce, Amélie Mauresmo and Jelena Janković to get there, before losing to Justine Henin-Hardenne. Thanks to this showing, her ranking rose back into the top ten at No. 9, where she stayed for the next two years before dropping out in May 2007.
At the PTT Bangkok Open, a Tier III event, she reached her fourth career final, once again losing, this time to Nicole Vaidišová 6-1, 6-7(5), 7-5. Two weeks later, Petrova finally won her first title at the Generali Ladies Linz held in Linz, Austria. She beat Sofia Arvidsson, Sybille Bammer, Květa Peschke and in the final Patty Schnyder 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, meaning she was now 1-4 in career finals.
Petrova kicked off her 2006 season by reaching the semi-finals at the ASB Classic, a Tier IV event. She was the top seed and retired in her semi-final match against Marion Bartoli, trailing 3-6, 6-4, 2-1. She also retired prior to her quarter-final match in Sydney. At the 2006 Australian Open, Petrova reached the quarter-finals losing to fourth-seed Maria Sharapova. She also reached the quarter-finals at the Open Gaz de France and the semi-finals at the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerpen. At the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open, she fell in the first round to Maria Kirilenko 6-4, 6-1.
However, on May 30, 2006, Petrova was defeated in the first round of the French Open by Akiko Morigami 6-2, 6-2. This was considered a major upset that may have been caused by an ankle injury Petrova suffered during training shortly before the tournament. She then withdrew from Wimbledon and did not win a match in the U.S. Open Series, going 0-3. At the 2006 U.S. Open, Petrova was upset in the third round by the 27th seeded Tatiana Golovin. She reached the quarter-finals at Beijing, losing to Jelena Janković 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
At the Tier II tournament in Stuttgart, Petrova won her first tournament title since the Tier I German Open in May 2006. She beat Anna-Lena Grönefeld, Daniela Hantuchová and Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 in a thrilling semi-final match, and then beat Tatiana Golovin 6-3, 7-6 in the final. The win resulted in her ranking rising back into the top five. Petrova then continued her return to form by reaching the final of the Kremlin Cup, a Tier I tournament in Moscow, by defeating Czech Nicole Vaidišová 6-0, 4-6, 7-6(3). In the final, Petrova was beaten by another Russian, Anna Chakvetadze 6-4, 6-4.
After a week off to recover from minor injuries, Petrova played in the Tier II tournament in Linz where she was the defending champion. As the second seed, Petrova dropped just nine games in her three matches to reach the final. Petrova received a bye into the second round where she defeated Israel's Shahar Pe'er 6-1, 6-1. Petrova then defeated Samantha Stosur 6-1, 6-3 and fourth seeded Nicole Vaidišová 6-1, 6-2, before losing to top seeded Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-2 in the final.
Her next tournament was the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, where after a first round bye she beat Gisela Dulko 6-3, 6-4 and survived a third round scare against dangerous American Laura Granville, eventually prevailing 4-6, 6-3, 6-0. However, she was forced to retire in her fourth round match against Tatiana Golovin, trailing 6-2, 1-0.
Petrova began her summer hardcourt season at the Acura Classic held in San Diego, United States. She beat compatriot Elena Bovina in the second round and Katarina Srebotnik in the third round before falling to Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-4. In the Srebotnik match, Petrova had several match points in the early stages of the tiebreak but lost them all before eventually winning it 12-10.
Although she was scheduled to play Linz, she pulled out because of a left hip injury, ending her disappointing season. |
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