Biography
Ukrainian tennis player Katerina Kozlova, despite the young age, managed to survive the ups, falls and even the doping scandal, who had forced to pause her athletic career. However, the girl did not allow himself to open, gathered with the Spirit and resumed the path to the dream - to become the best racket of the planet. So far, to the cherished title, Ukrainka still work and work, but in hundreds of the strongest tennis players, she has already confidently entrenched.Childhood and youth
Katya was born in the south of Ukraine, in the city of Nikolaev, in 1994. Father Igor - Tennis coach, which predetermined her further fate. Kozlova now calls it a happy case, although in his childhood was crazy about sports acrobatics, which was engaged in professionally.
The girl unequivocally decided to associate life with sports and says that if he could not succeed as an athlete, he would choose sports psychology as a specialization. But taking a racket in the hands of 5 years, Katerina no longer left the court. By 2009, she was ready to start a professional biography. Vladimir Bogdanov, Oksana Nesterova, Ernest Zurabian and Yaroslav Levinsky were visited by its coaches.
Personal life
When a girl is asked why she hides her personal life, she just laughs in response. The fact is that she has nothing to hide - her heart is free. That is why there are no romantic photos in the "instagram". As soon as a candidate for the role of her husband appears on the horizon, Katerina will go, like many girls, will definitely share happiness with the public.In the meantime, the athlete account is filled with frames from the court and rest - the girl loves to travel. Snapshots in a swimsuit, however, spreading not in a hurry, but portraits on the background of the mountains and fascinating landscapes shall be shared. At the same time, with a figure of a goat, everything is in order: with a height of 175 cm blonde weighs 51 kg.
Tennis player is not a fan of social networks and free time prefers to slowly walk in the company Audiobnig, and it is also prepared with inspiration, decorate the interior, go shopping and studies new places. Among your favorite cities - Barcelona and Vancouver, where the girl would even like to go live. But until she is in a hurry, because it believes that he has seen too little.
For Katerina, the reputation of a calm and serious girl was entrusted, because the tattoo, which Ukrainian made on the forearm caused shock. Kozlova piled Phoenix bird, giving this symbolic meaning.
Tennis
Speaking at ITF tournaments, Ukrainian achieved serious results. The girl 6 times became the winner in a single discharge, and in the doublen won 13 times. In 2015, Kozlova was going to make her debut on the games of the Grand Slam, but the career turns suddenly suspended: the tennis player was accused of using dimethylbutylamine.
Katerina denied his guilt and accused the doctor who prescribed her obviously forbidden drug. The athlete was removed for half a year and deprived of seasonal glasses and prizes, but she did not leave training and resumed performances at the first opportunity.
In 2017, the girl first got into the top 100 best tennis players of the planet. As long as the record indicator remains the 62th line of the world ranking, to which Ukrainian reached in February 2018. At the tournaments of the Grand Helmet Kozlov did not take on the 2nd Circle.
Katerina Kozlova now
In 2019, Katerina conducted a confident season, reaching in October to the 84th line of the world ranking in a single discharge. Special pleasure girl finds in the game with top tennis players. She does not feel pressure, because they do not expect much from her, and at the same time gains invaluable experience. In May, in Madrid, Ukrainian managed to defeat Czech Carolina Plishkov, but already in the next round she lost to Belinde Benchic from Switzerland.At Roland Garros, "Kozlova voluntarily had to be held from the 2nd round due to the aggravated disease, and several serious athlete's tournaments missed. Wimbledon Katerina left after the 1st round, and in Nanchanin reached the quarterfinal, where her procession stopped Serbka Nina Stanovich. In Linz, the girl won over the Russian woman Anna Ploblikova, but lost to American Corey Gauff.
Achievements
- 2017 - Winner of the Open Women's Tournament in Dalian