Anna Blinkova is one of the most promising tennis players in Russia. In the junior ranking, she was the third racket in the world. He considers Serena Williams to be his idol.
Biography
Early period
Anna Blinkova was born on September 10, 1998. The girl learned to read and write early. At the age of 4, she began to play tennis, music, and the visual arts. Later, chess was added to this list. Everything that Anya undertook, she succeeded.
Over time, leaving most of her hobbies, forgetting about creativity, Blinkova plunged headlong into sports. Parents supported their daughter's choice.
Despite the fact that training took a lot of time, Anna successfully combined them with her studies. She has always taken education seriously. She graduated from school with a gold medal.
Career
Anna won her first serious tennis award at the age of 15. It was the European Youth Championship. The silver medal was given with great difficulty and sparked Anya's interest in professional sports.
In the summer of 2014, Blinkova took bronze, playing as part of the Russian team at the European Championship. Later, the girl was awarded the title of Master of Sports of Russia.
Won 5 ITF titles - two singles, three doubles. In 2015, Anya confidently made it to the Junior Wimbildon final, but lost to another Russian tennis player Sophia Zhuk. Blinkova took the third line in the ranking of juniors.
The athlete made big bets on the WTA competition, where she made her debut in 2015. She passed 2 rounds of qualification, but in the first round she was weaker than Anna-Lena Friedsam from Germany.
She showed clean play in the first match of the WTA 2016, defeating Anastasia Sevastova from Latvia in the 1/16 finals of the Kremlin Cup. Before meeting with Anna Konyukh from Croatia, the Russian woman had to withdraw from the competition. The cause was a hamstring injury.
In 2017, Anna Blinkova made her debut at the Grand Slam site. It was the Australian Open. The Russian woman has successfully passed the qualification. She confidently beat Monica Niculescu from Romania. The second circle was a serious test. The game did not work right away, Anya turned out to be much weaker than Czech Karolina Plishkova. The Russian athlete rehabilitated herself in the match of the II World Group, where the Russian team played against the Taiwan national team. In tandem with Anna Kalinskaya, Blinkova defeated Zhan Jinwei and Xu Jingwen.
The beginning of 2018 is a difficult period for Anna. She was haunted by hurtful defeats and injuries. Having qualified for the Australian Open, the Russian athlete lost to an American in the first round. In the spring of the same year, she became the winner of the ITF tournament in France.
Experts believe that Anna Blinkova will continue to declare herself, they see great potential in her. She trains 6 times a week for 2 hours a day, sometimes more.
The young, but famous Anna has already managed to win about 100 cups of tournaments of various levels. He considers Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova to be idols in sports.
While Anna Blinkova is closely engaged in the development of her career, work comes first. The girl does not advertise her personal life.
