Olga Govortsova: biography and tennis career

The first mention of tennis was found in the 11th century AD. E., although what was then, still looked a bit like modern big tennis. Then tennis did not have its modern attributes: a ball, a grid, a racket. But, like any sport, in the process of evolution, it has acquired everything that is present in it today. Tennis gained its popularity and penetrated all corners of the world. And in 1896, at the Summer Olympics, this sport was included in the program of competitions. Today it is one of the developed sports in the world, in which, undoubtedly, there are heroes. For example, Monica Seles, Maria Sharapova, Steffi Graf - athletes who have already made a name for themselves, and they are known all over the world. But the young people do not lag behind their older comrades: Gavrilova Darya, Olga Govortsova and Belinda Bencic. Today, more details will be about the Belarusian athlete Olga Govortsova.

Childhood

On August 23, 1988, a joyful event happened in the family of the Govortsovs living in Pinsk (USSR, now Belarus): Olga's daughter was born. For the parents of Olga, Tatyana and Andrey, she is the only daughter in the family, but they also have two sons - Ilya and Alexander. Parents cared about the girl and at 6 years old decided to attract her to the sport. Their choice fell on tennis - so they, without knowing it, determined the fate of their daughter.

Youth

Already at the age of 14, Olga began to perform in professional tournaments. The first such was the international ITF tournament. After participating in this competition in the same year, Olga Govortsova won the Orange Bowl. Then followed the first victory at the ITF tournament in doubles, held in Ramat HaSharon (Israel). Olga Govortsova paired with Victoria Azarenka. At the same tournament, Olga enters the final stage of singles. The following year, Azarenka-Govortsov's pair won at Wimbledon.

Adult career

By 2007, the name of the world began to gain popularity in the tennis world, like Olga Govortsova. Tennis for the girl then became a guide in life, and the Belarusian athlete, who won several major tournaments in her youth, decided to continue her career in adult tennis.

In 2007, Olga, thanks to a single-ranked victory in the ITF tournament, falls into the top 50 of the best tennis players of a single category.

In 2008, Olga reached the WTA tournament. The semifinal brought Govortsov to the 18th world racket Israeli Shahar Peer. Belarus coped with the Israeli and reached the final, but there Olga was disappointed. The victory was taken away by Lindsay Davenport. A few weeks later Olga Govortsova took part in the WTA doubles tournament held in Charleston. A couple then she was Romanian sportswoman Edina Gallovitz. In 1/4 Olga and Edina defeated a couple of Kveta Peschke - Rennes Stubbs and reached the semifinals. The semi-final of the Govortsov-Gallovitz with the pair Kara Black-Lizel Huber brought the 1/2 finals. In this match, luck was on the side of the Belarusian-Romanian team. In the final, Olga Govortsova and her partner lost to Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama.

Four weeks later for Olga Govortsova held a doubles tournament WTA. The company Belarusian was American Jill Krebs. The pair reached the final and won.

For the Beijing Olympics, Olga Govortsova ranked 35th in the world ranking. In singles, Olga lost in the first round inimitable Serene Williams. In the doubles, the Belarusian couple Govortsov-Kustova reached the second round, where she lost to the Ukrainian sisters Bondarenko.

Tournament Finals

2009 was for Govortsova rich in trophies in the doubles WTA. At tournaments in Guangzhou and Tashkent, Olga wins in 2 WTA championships. The last competition in singles in 2009 was the Kremlin Cup, where, reaching the final, Olga Gvortsova lost to the Italian athlete Francesca Schiavone.

In the period from 2010 to 2015, Olga only twice reached the final in tournaments under the auspices of WTA. The best result in singles during this time was the release in the 4 th round of the tournament "Grand Slam", held in Wimbledon. To this tournament the Belarusian approached with 122nd place in the world single ranking.

In the doubles during this period, she won 8 WTA tournaments. And another 5 times the duet with the participation of Govortsova reached the final. In 2010, a victory was won in the Open Championship of China. The partner of Govortsova became a Chinese woman Zhuang Jiazhong. In 2011, Olga took the 24th line of the world ranking in doubles. This achievement was the best in his career. Also this year I remember the team of Belarus, which included Govortsov, an exit to the II World Cup Federation Cup. However, the next year the team lost its leading position. In 2015, in a duet with Azarenka Govortsova, having won in the playoffs a victory over the Japanese pair, returned her team to the leaders.

Personal and non-sport life

Olga Govortsova in childhood in parallel with tennis was engaged in artistic gymnastics. But when the choice arose, she preferred tennis. For a long time, Olga's coach was Ilya's brother.

Being attractive, Govortsova participates in many photo shoots. If it were not for the professional career of the tennis player, then the fashion magazines could certainly have on their covers a headline: "Model Olga Govortsova." Photos of this beautiful and talented sportswoman deservedly are in the galleries of tennis topics. Olga is a beauty and sports talent in one fragile creation.