Tennis player, fell in love with Moscow. Who is Anastasia Potapova? – Tennis News

Bright braid, powerful shots, rackets flying to the yard, stormy emotions and huge expectations – all about Anastasia Potapova. A girl who could not get a joker in the main grid of the first Moscow River Cup, and, having received, justified the trust not by one hundred, but by two hundred percent. She played two finals and won her first WTA title. Until now, however, in doubles. But, as she herself said at the awards ceremony "It's all just starting!"

Potapova was the first in the history of the finalist WTA tournament, born in the XXI century – he was born on March 30, 2001. And although the unique finale, unfortunately the Moscow public, did not was won by her, but by the old rival-friend Olga Danilovich, the quality of the game in this match showed: the future of women's tennis in good hands. If 17 year old girls can do more than two hours in the heat to give a high intensity match, with lots of spectacular rallies, bold attacks and non-standard solutions, what will happen when they will gain experience? Potapova saved three match points, but from the fourth attempt Danilovich still celebrated the victory.

HOW IT ALL STARTS

Grandmother after five years saw Potapova on the field in a park playing little girls. "Now she sometimes regrets about it," says Anastasia, "when he sees how hard it is for me." The girl emphasizes that she fell in love with tennis at once and still loves it. A little later, she found her mentor – Irina Doronina, under whose guidance she trains to date, and plans to do it until the end of her career. Doronin is a master of field training. Match for the match at the Moscow River Cup, you can watch how she finds the right words for her only spells to shake her up and adapt to the right way. "I am like that," said Potapova. – If I just say, "Go, go, try," it will not work. But if you tear me away: "Try to lose today!", I'll get ready, and everything will be fine. "

Potapova won all the prestigious competitions for under-14s and was quickly installed among the 18-year-olds, starting collecting titles almost immediately." She looked good in the Grand tournaments. Slam in his quarterfinal active at Wimbledon 2015 and the Australian Open 2016 (Nastya was then 14 years old), the semifinal at Roland Garros and, of course, the title at Wimbledon-2016 , won in a serious fight with the Ukrainian Diana Yastremskaya.In the network you can find a video, like several times Potapova ranked for the match.And after the victory in the All-England lawn tennis club [19659008] Potapova directed the junior note.

LOVE FOR "SPARTAK"

For years, attention has been focused on Potapova.As if, she is destined to become a star herself says it does not bother her, but that she sti rather mule. "I do not want to bother my fans. But at the same time, I play for myself and for my own goals, "she says. And Irina Doronina and the rest of the team make sure that the crown does not appear on the girl's head. In general, Anastasia does not like to be frank, and she does not allow herself much in an interview.

Alexander Ostrovsky, a businessman and a big fan of tennis, did a lot to become a tennis player. Potapova trains in his academy at Leo Tolstoy Park in Khimki, he accompanies him in most major tournaments and worries a lot for her. He has also infected her with football and in particular by Moscow Spartak, for which Anastasia is now sick.

Potapova played his first game at a professional level in November 2015 at 10,000 in Antalya, where, thanks to the qualification went to the main grid. In May of next year was the first quarter-final of similar competitions – and not anywhere, but in his native academy. The first (and up to now) single title arrived at Anastasia in February 2017 in Curitiba, Brazil, and in the 25,000th time finals of the ITF, a well-known rival, an American with Russian roots, Amanda Anisimova, unfamiliar with the game. A month later, the Russian debut at the WTA level took place – at the qualification of the super tournament in Miami, she beat the famous Mary Sakkari on the tie-break of the third set, but the main one was not authorized by the Slovak Ian Chepelov. Last year, Potapova played in the qualification of the Kremlin Cup, and in February she got a card in the main draw of the tournament in 19459020 in St. Petersburg There she defeated the 39, experienced Tatyana Maria and had the opportunity to fight with the first at that time the racket of the world and the new champion of the Open of Australia, Caroline Wozniacki. "Just standing with Carolyn on the same ground is more incredible," she said.

In the 2018 season, at least until the Moscow Cup, the progress of Potapova does not go as fast as possible. team and fans. This is due to the limitation of the number of tournaments that a 17-year-old tennis player can play, and to the health problems that forced Potapov to skip part of the season on his favorite grbad and the fact that he was unable to play. he had to restructure his style of play.

I like to attack tennis, but I do not have as high a growth as Maria Sharapova, so I have to think about it and try to vary my style. "

But everyone will confirm that the transition from junior to professional level – difficult And Potapova herself says:" It's hard to beat everyone in the juniors, but you come to the WTA tournaments, and you You are nobody, and you almost always lose. "

The final of the Moscow River Cup Ostrovsky, will raise Potapov to the top of his career 135th place in the WTA standings, but it will never reveal, if 39 is the bar she planned herself and how far this position would be in the near future.