In the 2004 French Open women's singles final, Miskina defeated compatriot Dementieva to hold aloft the Susan Langran Cup. Subsequently, the young Sharapova and Kuznetsova won the Wimbledon and US Open women's singles titles, and the Russian Rossomols has since become a force to be reckoned with in women's tennis. But at the end of the year in the 2017 WTA, we didn't see a single Russian player. Do you remember the Russian pink girls who used to dominate the tennis world?
1. Miskina
Born in 1981, Miskina is the first Grand Slam women's singles champion in Russian history and has reached second place in the world in the world's highst rankings. The 2004 French Open was the epitome of Miskina's career, reaching the final after defeating two former world number ones, Wei and Capriatti, and winning the final to bring back the first women's singles Grand Slam title trophy for Russia. In the same year she won the Confederations Cup for Russia. But trapped by injuries, miskina, who was only 26 years old, chose to retire.
2. Sharapova
At Wimbledon in 2004, at the age of 17, Sava won the final against the world's number one Serena Williams and became famous in one battle. Sava then continued her "even-numbered years" law, winning the 2006 US Open against Haining and ivan at the 2008 Australian Open. In 2012, Sava, once the "cow on ice", finally conquered the clay fields of Paris and achieved a grand slam. In 2014, Sava won the French Open again, increasing her number of Grand Slams to 5. In addition, Sava became the first ball queen from Russia in 2005. In the 2018 season, Sava will once again launch an attack on the Grand Slam, and wish Sava good luck!
3. Kuznetsova
At the 2004 U.S. Open, the 18-year-old Kuzwa also rose to fame and sealed Flushing. After a lapse of 5 years, Kuzva defeated her compatriots in the final of the French Open and won another Grand Slam. In addition, Kuzva's highest world ranking has come to the second place in the world. Kuzva, who recently underwent surgery on her left wrist, will return to the field in the 2018 season.
4. Safina
Safina, born in 1986, ascended to the world number one in 2009 with the best Grand Slam record: runner-up (3) 2008 French Open, 2009 Australian Open, 2009 French Open. In 2011, Fenmei, who was plagued by a back injury, announced her retirement. With her own diligence and hard work to reach the top of the world, although Fenmei failed to win the Grand Slam championship, her career was equally great!
5. Dementieva
She is the fairy sister in the eyes of Chinese fans, she is also the gold medalist of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Women's Singles, born in 1981, Dementieva's best record in the Grand Slam is the runner-up (2): 2004 French Open, 2004 US Open, the highest world ranking in the world third. After the 2010 year-end group stage, Dementieva announced her retirement.
6. Zvonareva
Ziva has reached the second place in the world and has also reached two Grand Slam finals: Wimbledon 2010, US Open. Ziva, who has been away from the field for a long time, has returned this year, and we may see her again in the 2018 season!
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Dementieva, Safina and Zvonareva won the gold, silver and bronze medals in the women's tennis singles, and three Russian flags flew high on the Olympic Park tennis court. At the 2009 Australian Open, the three once again occupied three of the final four seats. At that time, the Russian Red Pink Legion also had no shortage of famous generals such as Chukvitadze and Petrova, although the Russian Red Pink Legion was slightly declining, but it still had a strong talent thickness, and their revival may only be a matter of time.
(Source: Tennis House Author: Guo Liang)