Anastasia Rodionova life and biography

Anastasia Rodionova is an Australian professional female tennis player, and the current Australian No. 4. She achieved her career high rank of #62 on 16 August 2010. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.

CAREER:
Anastasia made her 2011 debut at the Brisbane International. She drew Bojana Jovanovski in the first round and lost in three sets. She continued her parternships with Cara Black as they advanced to the semifinals before losing to Russians Alisa Kleybanova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3:6 5:7. She was next granted a wildcard to play in the 2011 Medibank International Sydney where she lost to 8th seed and eventual champion Li Na.

At the 2011 Australian Open, she played Flavia Pennetta in the first round and lost. Anastasia and Cara beat three doubles teams before losing to Nadia Petrova and Liezel Huber. In mixed doubles, she partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi and won 2 matches. They were unable to play in the quarterfinals due to an injury Bhupathi sustained in his men's doubles game. Her next tournament is at the BNP Paribas Open, where she lost to qualifier and doubles partner Monica Niculescu in the first round. In doubles, Rodionova and Nicelescu lost to 1st seeds Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta in the opener. Anastasia next played at an ITF $100,000+H event in The Bahamas, where she was the 7th seed. She drew Ukranian qualifier Olga Savchuk in the first round, and ended up prevailing in a tough 3-set match, 6:4 6:7(3) 7:5. She lost to eventual champion Anastasiya Yakimova in the second round. In doubles, she partnered with her sister Arina, and lost to #2 seeds Edina Gallovits-Hall and Monica Niculescu in the first round.

Anastasia's next tournament was the Sony Ericsson Open. She lost to Johanna Larsson in her first round match. In doubles, she partnered with Chuang Chia-jung and lost in the first round to wildcards Andrea Petkovic and Ana Ivanovic in three sets. Her next tournament is at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston. She played Zuzana Ondraskova in the first round and won 4:6 6:1 6:2. This is Rodionova's first win in the 2011 WTA singles tour. In doubles, she is partnered with Alla Kudryavtseva. They are set to face wildcards Shelby Rogers and Patty Schnyder in the opener.

Doubles Titles
2010: 's-Hertogenbosch
2007: Estoril
2005: Québec City

PERSONAL:

Baseliner who prefers grass; favorite shot is forehand
Father, Ivan Rodionov, is a tennis coach; mother, Natalia Rodionova, is a homemaker; younger sister, Arina, also plays tennis
Admires Martina Hingis
Likes to visit Moscow, calling it a beautiful city
Favorite book is Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov; favorite actor is Nicolas Cage.

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