Vera Igorevna Zvonareva is a Russian tennis player, winner of many WTA trophies, in singles and doubles, three-time Grand Slam finalist and bronze medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Biography
Vera was born in 1984 on September 7 in Moscow. The girl grew up in a sports family, her father played ball hockey, participated in the USSR championship, and her mother played field hockey and was a bronze medalist in the Soviet Union national team at the 1980 Olympic Games.
Vera started playing tennis at the age of 6, her mother took her to the section of the Chaika sports club, to the honored coach of Russia Kryuchkova Ekaterina Ivanovna. Zvonareva from an early age began to make great strides in her chosen craft, and at the end of the second millennium, in 1999, she achieved success: she overcame the WTA qualifying round.
The following year, she won her first ITF tournament in Moscow and became the owner of the honorary title of champion of Russia. The success of the young talent did not go unnoticed, and 16-year-old Vera was given the opportunity to participate in the tournament without a qualifying stage by the leadership of the Kremlin Cup international tournament. In the second round, Zvonareva lost to Anna Kournikova, the finalist of the tournament.
Career
Since 2002, a sharp rise of the talented tennis player began, in the women's ranking she rose from 300 positions to 45th place. At the age of 19, the girl became a sensation at the prestigious tennis tournament Roland Garros, while still young Zvonareva defeated the great Venus Williams in the fourth round. With her resounding victory, she did not allow the "traditional" finale of the Williams sisters to take place. Having reached 1⁄2 of the tournament, she lost to another Russian woman, Nadezhda Petrova. In the same year, Zvonareva had a chance to play under the colors of Russia at the Federation Cup, our team made it to the semifinals, but lost there.
At the end of the year, Vera Zvonareva rose to 11th place in the women's ranking, and from the next year until 2011, she was steadily staying in the top 10. 2008 became the brightest and most successful year for the tennis player, the bronze medal of the Olympic Games, the next Federation Cup and multiple participation in the finals of various BTA draws.
In 2010, Zvonareva met twice with BTA leader Karolina Wozniacki and won both times, coming close to her in the ranking. An injury in 2012 seriously crippled Vera, she could not calmly perform, nevertheless, she found a way out of the situation and, having played together with Svetlana Kuznetsova, won the Australian Open. In 2013, she intended to return to the game again, but shoulder surgery forced the athlete to postpone this idea.
Outside the court, Vera is as active as on himself. She regularly participates in various events, consults with novice tennis players, represents the interests of UNESCO in the world. Since 2009, the girl has been acting as a gender equality promoter. In 2011, Vera created her own foundation, the Rett Syndrome Association.
Personal life
Faith does not spread about her life, emphasizing that tennis players are always in sight. This gives limitless scope for yellow rags, which have no faith. Officially, the girl is not married. This lasted exactly until 2016, this year the athlete literally stunned everyone by posting on social networks that she got married and that she would soon have a child. Nevertheless, it is not known for certain who became the husband of the famous tennis player.
