2009 Vera Zvonareva

vera zvonareva @ 2009 open.

zvonareva seventh seed @ australian open. defeated tenth seed nadia petrova in fourth round, 7–5, 6–4, , 16th seed marion bartoli in quarterfinals, 6–3, 6–0. lost world no. 3 dinara safina in semifinals, 3–6, 6–7(4). tournament, however, caused zvonareva s ranking rise world no. 5, highest of career @ time.

in february, won pattaya women s open, international event in thailand, defeated sania mirza in final. played barclays dubai tennis championships, premier 5 event, defeated marion bartoli in third round, before losing virginie razzano in quarterfinals, 6–7(7), 5–7.

in march, zvonareva fourth seed @ first premier mandatory event of year, bnp paribas open in indian wells, california. won title, overcoming santa ana winds , defending champion ana ivanovic in final. in doubles final, , victoria azarenka beat fellow unseeded tandem gisela dulko , shahar pe er.

at sony ericsson open in key biscayne, florida, second premier mandatory event of year, zvonareva beat tathiana garbin of italy in second round, before being upset in third round li na, 4–6, 6–3, 2–6. zvonereva had beaten li previous week in fourth round of bnp paribas open.

at family circle cup in charleston, south carolina, zvonareva third seed , received first-round bye. beat rossana de los ríos in second round, 6–3, 6–2. in third round against virginie razzano, forced retire due ankle injury. zvonareva tore 2 ligaments in ankle, later forced withdraw russia s fed cup tie italy. ongoing ankle injury forced withdraw internazionali bnl d italia in rome , mutua madrileña madrid open, , 2009 french open.

zvonareva seeded seventh @ wimbledon , met great britain s georgie stoop in first round. game close, being abandoned due bad light @ end of first day @ 1 set apiece. zvonareva went on win, 7–6(0), 4–6, 6–4. zvonareva beat mathilde johansson in second round. zvonareva withdrew against 26th seed virginie razzano in third round, due recurrence of ankle injury.

in 2009 İstanbul cup, upset mariya koryttseva, 2–6, 6–1, 4–6. in first tournament in 2009 open series, competed in 2009 la women s tennis championships, lost in quarterfinals eventual champion flavia pennetta, 4–6, 2–6. reached third round of 2009 western & southern financial group women s open , of 2009 rogers cup, losing daniela hantuchová, 6–7(6), 6–0, 6–7(5), , maria sharapova, 2–6, 6–7(3). defeated nuria llagostera vives, anna chakvetadze, , elena vesnina, before missing 6 match points , crumbling flavia pennetta, 6–3, 6–7(6), 0–6, @ 2009 open. competed in 2009 toray pan pacific open, lost compatriot alisa kleybanova, 6–3,4–6, 2–6, in second round, after receiving bye in first round. followed competing in 2009 china open, reached quarterfinals, losing marion bartoli, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6.

zvonareva competed in kremlin cup in moscow first seed. defeated in second round tsvetana pironkova, 0–6, 2–6. because of loss, did not qualify 2009 wta tour championships in doha, did win spot alternate. due withdrawal of dinara safina, zvonareva set play 2 matches there. however, played 1 match against caroline wozniacki, lost, 0–6, 7–6(3), 4–6, in dramatic match in both players suffered injuries. withdrew tournament, citing ankle injury, , last match played co-alternate, agnieszka radwańska. finished year ranked world no. 9.