Biography
Latvian tennis player Anastasia Sevastova, which goes on the courts since 2006, for a long professional career has always been a real fighter. Despite congenital problems with the legs, she won a number of WTA tournaments and went into the playoffs several times, but until he won a big helmet.Childhood and youth
Anastasia Sevastova is a citizen of Latvia, which was born in 1990. At the age of 6, coming to tennis, seriously loved this exciting game.
The family strongly supported the athlete, from the birth of a stood strain, so since childhood she bought special shoes to make it easier to go to the court.
With the participation of grandmother - the former basketball players, as well as the mother - teacher of English Nastya combined training with study, dreaming to grow up and get to the WTA tournament.
Personal life
In an interview, Nastya said that he was a closed man, so the events of her personal life remained in the shadows. Now she meets Ronald Schmidt, who became her new coach, and before the professional competitions and the Foundation Cup for the Austrian national team.Tennis
The first competitions in the professional biography of Nastya fell out for 2005, when she first spoke in a protheret in the company of girls not included in the top. Then a very young Latvian athlete made his debut on a regular tournament, putting the goal to qualify in a big helmet. But in the start season it did not work, and the girl was upset because of the problems arising.
On the recommendation of the coaches and assistants, Sevastov began working on the form and to the next game year with a height of 169 cm weighed 65 kg. She stubbornly engaged in the gym, instead of lying on the beach in a swimsuit, and unlike many girlfriends and peers rarely laid out photos and videos in "Instagram".
This brought the expected results and the first title in 2006 on a little-known 10-thousand, held in German Bad Zaulgaau. In the following more successful seasons, Anastasia got to rivals from Top-200, rehearing in Antalya Virgini Priche. And then she fought with a tennis player from hundreds in the debut match of the WTA-tournament, confidently winning Anastasia Yakimov at the professional international Cup in Istanbul.
At the beginning of the summer of 2008, Sevastova took part in a large helmet, but, as many, with the first attempt, she could not conquer Wimbledon. Therefore, 12 months after the victory in Johannesburg, the girl began everything at first and successfully qualified at Roland Garros. In the 1st Round, the Latvian tennis player lost to a young rival from Hungary, but the following competitions did not miss his chance. Turning a professional bar higher, Nastya at the Tournament in China coped with the famous Spanish named Anabel Medina Harriez.
Setting up at the 79th place of a single rating of women-tennis players, the athlete played a number of semifinals and won the victory at the Estoril's open championship, which was part of the ATP 250 competitions. And in 2010 she surprised the audience Australian Open and thanks to the skill reached the 4th round, Among others, I beat Janina Vikamireer.
In 2012, the girl rarely appeared in tournaments, engaged in the restoration of health and the treatment of the aggravated disease illness. Then she decided to leave tennis, announced this after the Pattaya Open Championship, and entered the University of Tourism to learn management and marketing.
Two years later, the athlete realized that she misses the competition and international trips and took a number of difficult attempts to take a racket and return to the court. Success came on 10-thousand in Egypt, where Sevastov won a confident victory, and then participated in two finals, giving way to Caroline Garcia and Simone Halep.
At US Open 2016, Nastya defeated Gabrij Morgus and for the first time in his career hit the big helmet in the quarterfinal. Despite the defeat from Carolina Wozniaki, the girl felt the tide of strength and confidence and by the beginning of the following starts in tennis ranked number 32.
In 2017-2018 Sevastova demonstrated talent in Madrid and at the open championship of America again entered the playoffs. After the victories over the Dominica, Tsibulkova, Naomi Osaka and the bottom anegovich, she left the problem behind his back and stepped into a new season without fear.
Anastasia Sevastova now
In 2019, Sevastova spoke well at the championship of Australia, and then reached the 1/4 finals in the German contests Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. At the Kremlin Cup, after losing in Beijing Elina Svitolina, there was a victory over Alexandra Sasanovich, and then her young Frenchwoman Kristine Children was knocked out from the tournament.Achievements
- 2010 - Winner of the Estoril Open Championship
- 2017 - Winner of the Open Mallork Championship
- 2018 - Winner of the Bucharest Open Championship
- 2019 - Winner of the Baltic Open Tournament