Elena Dementieva and the U.S. Open
The U.S. Open is all about the best players in tennis. Who might you see at the 2010 U.S. Open? You might see Elena Dementieva a Russian born tennis female tennis player. She has been playing tennis many years and has made it to the U.S. Open before. She has been playing tennis since she was a young child. Her family has supported and coached her. She has also had professional coaching from schools and regular tennis coaches. Her mother and brother are now her full time coaches keeping her family close. She won her first international event in 1997 at the age of thirteen.
When she first entered the Women’s Tennis association after a year after her first international win she was ranked in the top 500. Within a year she was ranked in the top 100. She had many victories and rose quickly up the ranking. The highest rank that she has ever been is three and currently sits at the number 4 spot. So it is highly likely that she will make it to next year’s 2010 U.S. Open.
Her first time to the top ten ranking was in 2003 after she beat out many of the top seeded players to win her first WTA tournament. She has never won at the U.S. Open but has made it to the finales twice once in the singles competition and once in the doubles. She is one of the few top rated tennis players to never win a grand slam title though she has competed in many.
Her style of play is a baseline offense with very little play at the net. Her trips to the net are usually to return a drop shot or a weak return volley. Her athleticism is essential to her success. She has the ability to adapt to different court surfaces well clay she is the least comfortable with. Her serve is faulty and she has been working on bettering them.
She is a very versatile player and continues to be. Her athleticism helps her tremendously and is more than likely the reason she is not plagued with injury like so many other tennis players. Though she has not won many tournaments she has brought home Olympic gold which proves that she is able to win against the world’s best. I believe that it is only a matter of time before she starts winning tournaments and possibly making the U.S. Open in the next year. For tennis tickets visit http://usopentickets.org