Wimbledon 2009: 5 of the top 10 women’s seeds are Russian

Elena Dementieva

Every summer, the Wimbledon tournament in UK takes place and the winners are commonly regarded as the top players in the sport. The top ten women’s seed rankings this year include five Russians. They are (1) (1) Dinara Safina,  (4) Elena Dementieva, (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova,  (7) Vera Zvonareva , (10) Nadia Petrova . Maria Sharapova, probably the best known player in the west is seeded 24. It was not so long ago that tennis was a relatively unknown sport in Russia. Times have certainly changed

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