Player Card

Biography

Date of Birth	2001-03-12
Nationality	Russian Federation
Age started tennis	5

• I've been a tennis player since the age of 5. Until 13 I trained in Moscow and played TE tournaments. Because of financial problems I didn’t play tournaments for 2 years, but it didn’t break me, I continued to train and believe in myself. At practice, I was noticed by the famous player Nadia Petrova (#3 WTA) who sponsored my trip to the Spanish Academy and then to Poland, where I met a famous coach Tomasz Iwanski. He said I have a great potential and I started working there with a coach Tomasz Zabrocki. After two years I achieved solid results breaking into TOP200 ITF juniors. I am very hard-working, purposeful and very motivated. And I believe that I can achieve a lot in tennis.

Additional info

Racquet brand	Babolat
String brand	Babolat
Clothing brand	None
Shoe brand	None
What are the player’s goals for the next season?	Start playing and winning ITF Pro Circuit tournaments 15.000$ and 25.000$
Hobby	Swimming, learning languages, figure skating
Favorite player	Caroline Wozniacki, Simona Halep, Nadia Petrova

Player Skills Diagram

Expert’s resume

Valeriya has a great well-placed first serve. She demonstrates a very good rhythm in a motion, a high ball toss, good body rotation. A stable second serve, though she places it too short in the middle, making it easy to attack. Nice return of serve - good swing, fast reaction, and good control of return variations - down the line and cross court. A powerful, offensive forehand with a good spin, also can hit it flat when she needs it. She uses her legs well to adjust to the ball and find a perfect hitting spot. A solid backhand, which she can further improve if better using legs and body weight when making a shot. Her natural ball feeling allows to direct her slice shots well, but she can improve the technique to hit it with a lower bounce on the opponent side. She reads the pointsplay well and often knows the best time to use the slice. Overall, she is a universal player with great variety of offensive skills and strong volleys that she's not afraid of using to finish the point. She can dictate or keep the ball in play on the baseline changing the pace and spin well.

Additional info

ITF Ranking Profile	https://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100223019
Other Ranking Profile	https://www.tenniseurope.org/profile/overview.aspx?id=0F67BFF0-6A4D-4411-A131-15D2FAF83BA5
Forehand	Right handed
Backhand	Double-handed
Training Academy	None
Coach	Tomasz Zabrocki, Mieczyslaw Boguslawski
Injuries within last 24 months	None
Favorite court	Clay court

Ranking ITF

Ranking	Date	Result
Current combined	-	206
Сareer high combined	10/09/2018	193

Titles/Finals

Date	Tournament	Location	Result
August, 2018	Charlie Berszakiewicz Memorial (ITF)	Krakow, Poland	Winner (SGL)
August, 2018	ITF Grand Prix W. Fibak	Poznan, Poland	Winner (SGL)
August, 2018	ITF Grand Prix W. Fibak	Poznan, Poland	Winner (DBL)
June, 2018	Miedzynarodowy Turniej Juniorów o Puchar Slaska (ITF)	Bytom, Poland	Winner (DBL)
February, 2018	Biotehnos Cup (ITF)	Chisinau, Moldova	Finalist (DBL)
January, 2018	Donetsk City Cup (ITF)	Cherkassy, Ukraine	Winner (DBL)
August, 2017	ITF Grand Prix W. Fibak	Poznan, Poland	Finalist (SGL)
February, 2017	Moldova Open (ITF)	Chisinau, Moldova	Finalist (DBL)
December, 2017	Delhi November ITF Juniors	New Delhi, India	Finalist (DBL)
November, 2016	ITF Junior G3 Ust-Kamenogorsk "KAZ ZINC OPEN" 2016	Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan	Finalist (SGL)
July, 2014	VLTC Kettle Chips European Tournament (TE)	Paola, Malta	Finalist (SGL)
April, 2014	Icelandic Easter Open (TE)	Kópavogur, Iceland	Finalist (DBL)
May, 2013	23ème PASSAGESPOIRS (TE)	LE PASSAGE D'AGEN, France	Finalist (DBL)

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