Alisa Kleybanova

At first I want to say sorry for the long delay of the updates. My private life kicked in, and my study.

I want to tell a short summary about what happened in 2009 till now.
But at first I want to tell about 2008: Alisa got injured before US Open, it was her back. But still played the US Open (A loss in 2nd round). Then she got some rest, only played some challengers at the end of the season to get rhythm back for the new season. She won two of them, 50k in Podolsk (final d. Ksenia Pervak 7-6 6-0), and another 50k in Minsk (final d. Eva Hrdinova 6-1 4-6 6-2).
Alisa ended the year at 33th place!

2009: The Australia weeks, Alisa did well. 2^nd rounds at respectively Brisbane and Sydney.. And then the Australian Open, she got to the 4^th round after beating Sofia Arvidsson (7-5 7-5), Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (6-1 3-6 6-2) and the 5^th seed Ana Ivanovic (7-5 6-7(5) 6-2). Before falling against the resurgent Jelena Dokic (5-7 7-5 6-8). After AO she climbed to 28^th place in the rankings.

Alisa after the match against Ivanovic


She got selected as 4^th member at the Russian Fed-Cup team for the first time, and the team has to play against China. She got to play the 4^th tie against Tian Tian Sun, which she won, 6-1 6-1.
Russia d. China 5-0, going through to the semis, then they have to play in and against Italy.

Last week Alisa played in Paris, the first round went well against Tszvetana Pironkova 6-2 7-6(3). But then came the 2^nd round match against Agnieszka Radwanska.. Well, lemme say that it was a weird match. So much happened. 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2, I mean Alisa went to 7-6(5) 3-0, and then Radwanska upped her play, Alisa did not falter. (said the spectator, who’ve seen the match).

And now this week she’s in Dubai, the town of oil... Alisa successfully got past her 1^st round against Anna Lapushchenkova, 3-6 6-3 6-2. Ana Ivanovic is awaiting in the 2^nd round, be aware, she’s on a revenge..
Alisa will play doubles as well here, with Ekaterina Makarova. 

It's Alisa's birthday today!!

Many congratulations for your 19th birthday Alisa!!

Best wishes for you, and a good tennisyear ;)

Now she's playing at Stanford in California..

1R: Alisa Kleybanova RUS - Elena Vesnina 4-6 6-3 6-2

She was 4-1 up in the 1st.. But like against Hantuchova at Wimbledon she got her head together ;)
Well done! Next Liu or Schnyder, most probably Schnyder..

1R: Alisa Kleybanova RUS - Tzipora Obziler ISR 6-4 6-0
2R: Alisa Kleybanova RUS - (10) Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-3 4-6 6-1
3R: Alisa Kleybanova RUS - Ai Sugiyama JPN 6-4 6-4
4R: (7) Venus Williams USA - Alisa Kleybanova RUS 6-3 6-4



What a fabulous runs on the grass at both Eastbourne and Wimbledon!!
Very well done! Up to 35th in the rankings!

Doubles
1R: Cirstea/Niculescu ROM - Kleybanova/Cibulkova RUS/SVK 6-1 ret. Cibulkova

Mixed
1R: Andreev/Kirilenko RUS - Ratiwatana/Kleybanova THA/RUS 4-6 6-1 7-5

Q1: (3) Alisa Kleybanova RUS - Evgeniya Rodina RUS 6-2 6-3
Q2: (3) Alisa Kleybanova RUS - Raluca-Ioana Olaru ROM 6-3 6-0
Q3: (3) Alisa Kleybanova RUS - Nathalie Dechy FRA 7-5 7-6(4)

1R: (Q) Alisa Kleybanova RUS - Melanie South GBR (WC) 6-4 6-4
2R: (Q) Alisa Kleybanova RUS - Aravane Rezai FRA 6-3 5-7 6-3
QF: (2) Marion Bartoli FRA - (Q) Alisa Kleybanova RUS 6-3 6-3

1R: Kleybanova/Voskoboeva RUS - Dechy/Dellacqua FRA/AUS 6-4 6-4
QF: (1) Black/Huber ZIM/USA - Kleybanova/Voskoboeva RUS 7-5 7-5

1R: Alisa Kleybanova RUS - Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 6-3 6-0
2R: (25) Nadia Petrova RUS - Alisa Kleybanova RUS 6-3 6-3

1R: Kleybanova/Makarova RUS - Dushevina/Perebiynis RUS/UKR 7-5 6-3
2R: (1) Black/Huber ZIM/USA - Kleybanova/Makarova RUS 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3

Maindraw: (Top half only)

[1]Maria Sharapova RUS vs. Evgeniya Rodina RUS
[Q]Bethanie Mattek USA vs. [WC]Madison Brengle USA
[Q]Jarmila Gajdosova SVK vs. [WC]Olivia Sanchez FRA
Martina Muller GER vs. [32]Karin Knapp ITA

[21]Maria Kirilenko RUS vs. Maria Elena Camerin ITA
[Q]Jie Zheng CHN vs. Mara Santangelo ITA
[Q]Magdalena Rybarikova SVK vs. Karolina Sprem CRO
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR vs. [13]Dinara Safina RUS

[11]Vera Zvonareva RUS vs. [WC]Stephanie Foretz FRA
Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU vs. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA
[Q]Yanina Wickmayer BEL vs. Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Aleksandra Wozniak CAN vs. [20]Sybille Bammer AUT

[31]Ai Sugiyama JPN vs. Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Olga Govortsova BLR vs. Yuliana Fedak UKR
Marta Domachowska POL vs. Rosanna De Los Rios PAR
Vera Dushevina RUS vs. [7]Elena Dementieva RUS

[4]Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS vs. Aiko Nakamura JPN
Vania King USA vs. [WC]Violette Huck FRA
Alisa Kleybanova RUS vs. Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
Aravane Rezai FRA vs. [25]Nadia Petrova RUS

[18]Francesca Schiavone ITA vs. Jill Craybas USA
Sanda Mamic CRO vs. Michaella Krajicek NED
Sorana Cirstea ROU vs. Anne Kremer LUX
Edina Gallovits ROU vs. [16]Victoria Azarenka BLR

[12]Agnes Szavay HUN vs. Ayumi Morita JPN
Sabine Lisicki GER vs. Elena Vesnina RUS
Petra Kvitova CZE vs. Akiko Morigami JPN
[WC]Samantha Stosur AUS vs. [17]Shahar Peer ISR

[29]Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP vs. [Q]Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP
Yung-Jan Chan TPE vs. Tsvetana Pironkova BLR
Kaia Kanepi EST vs. Meng Yuan CHN
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP vs. [6]Anna Chakvetadze RUS


Alisa @ Roland Garros, tnx to Nouf

1R: Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP - Alisa Kleybanova RUS (Q) 6-1 7-5

Better luck at Roland Garros! She withdrew from Istanbul..
And got the highest rank again ;-) 54th..!

Alisa @ Rome

Q2: (8) Alisa Kleybanova RUS - (15) Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP 0-6 6-4 6-3

Alisa was down 0-6 0-3 and 0-6 2-4, so great job! well done! ;)

She's into the maindraw, but didn't have a good draw, unfortunately..

(18) Nadia Petrova RUS - Maria Kirilenko RUS
Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP - (Q) Alisa Kleybanova RUS
Katarina Srebotnik SLO - Flavia Pennetta ITA
(4) Jelena Jankovic SRB - Bye

Anabel is a clay court player, some would say that she's a specialist on the dirt.. She did win many matches on clay last year, and reached the final in Fes some weeks ago..

The match is in this afternoon, good luck!!

Now some talkin about the rankings!
She got the highest rank ever again, in singles and doubles :)
55th now in the singles, and she got into the top-100 in doubles: 94th..
And she got up in the race as well, to 34th..

Q1: (8) Alisa Kleybanova RUS - Jie Zheng CHN (alt) 6-3 6-2

Well done! Zheng is a replacement for Bremond, because Bremond is still in Zagreb, for a ITF tournament..
Virginia Ruano Pascual, seeded 15, next.. Good luck!

Q-draw (part of, 12 Q to MD)

(8) Alisa Kleybanova RUS vs Severine Bremond FRA
Alicia Molik AUS vs (15) Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP

Good luck!!

2R: Vera Dushevina RUS - Alisa Kleybanova RUS (Q) 6-2 4-6 6-3

:( But still another great week!
And she got another career high rank! ;) Around 54...

Rome next...

1R: Alisa Kleybanova RUS (Q) d. Olga Govortsova BLR 6-0 6-0

Well done! ;)
Vera Dushevina next, she defeated the 9th seed Schnyder..
The match is tomorrow at 11AM Berlin time..

Good luck!

She did it! ;)

Q1: (7) Alisa Kleybanova RUS - Meng Yuan CHN 6-2 4-6 6-1
Q2: (7) Alisa Kleybanova RUS - Julie Ditty USA 6-3 6-0

Into maindraw, her section:

(7) Elena Dementieva RUS - Bye
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR - Tamira Paszek AUT
Olga Govortsova BLR - (Q) Alisa Kleybanova RUS
(9) Patty Schnyder SUI - Vera Dushevina RUS

The match vs Govortsova is tomorrow at 11AM Berlin time
Good luck!

And she got her highest rank again! 64th ;)
In the doubles as well, at 100..!


(Tnx to rrfnpump!)

The Q-draw was started today already, but Alisa was still in Fes for the doubles final, therefore she has to play twice tomorrow.. If she wins of course ;)
And she hit career high rank again after Fes.. Don't know yet how high, 67 or so..

Berlin Q-Draw (Only her part) and Order of Play for tomorrow:

[7] Kleybanova vs Yuan
Ditty vs [17] Morita

Court 3 12 noon
Alisa Kleybanova RUS vs. Meng Yuan CHN
Followed by
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL vs. Yung-Jan Chan TPE
Followed by
Kleybanova or Yuan vs. Julie Ditty USA

Good luck!! ;)

1R: (6) Alisa Kleybanova RUS d. Aleksandra Wozniak CAN (Q) 6-2 6-3
2R: (6) Alisa Kleybanova RUS d. Arina Rodionova RUS (Q) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4
QF: (4) Aravane Rezai FRA d. (6) Alisa Kleybanova RUS 5-7 7-5 7-5

The last two matches lasted six hours together..!

1R: (3) Kleybanova/Makarova RUS d. Baltacha/Elliott GBR 5-0 ret.
QF: (3) Kleybanova/Makarova RUS d. Camerin/De los Rios ITA/PAR 6-4 6-3
SF: (3) Kleybanova/Makarova RUS d. Larsson/Ar. Rodionova SWE/RUS 6-1 6-3
F: Cirstea/Pavlyuchenkova ROU/RUS d. (3) Kleybanova/Makarova RUS 6-2 6-2


From left to right:
Pavlyuchenkova, Cirstea, some man, Alisa and Makarova

1R: Petra Cetkovska CZE d. Alisa Kleybanova RUS 6-2 6-2

1R: Kleybanova/Kloesel RUS/GER d. Larcher de Brito/Silva POR 6-4 4-6 10-8
QF: Jugic-Salkic/Senoglu BiH/TUR d. Kleybanova/Kloesel RUS/GER 6-3 6-3

Q1: Alisa Kleybanova RUS (6) d. Greta Arn HUN 6-4 6-2
Q2: Alisa Kleybanova RUS (6) d. Mashona Washington USA 6-1 6-2

1R: Alisa Kleybanova RUS (Q) d. Olga Govortsova BLR 6-3 6-7(6) 6-2
2R: Alisa Kleybanova RUS (Q) d. Nicole Vaidisova CZE (12) 6-4 6-0
3R: Vera Zvonareva RUS (18) d. Alisa Kleybanova RUS (Q) 6-1 6-4

I heard she was 2-4 up in the 2nd, but some bad line calles screwed it up..
Don't know if it true or not..

And too bad I have no pics from this wonderful tournament, hopefully someone have it? I would really appreciate it..

Great tournament Alisa! See you in Estoril!

Thanks to some big runs this yr Alisa got the career high rank! 70th..
Fabulous!

Q1: Rika Fujiwara JPN d. Alisa Kleybanova RUS (1) 3-6 6-1 7-5

A bit schocking result..

Q2: Monica Niculescu ROU d. Alisa Kleybanova RUS 7-6(2) 2-6 7-5

There's a heavy field up there, most of the top players are playing.. Therefore players like Medina Garrigues, Srebotnik, Daniilidou have to play Q..

The part of the draw with Alisa:
(3)MEDINA GARRIGUES, Anabel ESP - (wc)AL-NABHANI, Fatma OMA
(alt)PAVLOVIC, Irena FRA - FORETZ, Stephanie FRA
LAPUSHCHENKOVA, Anna RUS - NICULESCU, Monica ROU
KLEYBANOVA, Alisa RUS - (12)BACSINSZKY, Timea SUI

Q1: Alisa Kleybanova RUS - (12)Timea Bacsinszky SUI 6-3 6-3

Well done! :) Niculescu next, good luck!

Due to the QF in Antwerp Alisa couldn't play in the Qualifying of Doha, but she did play the doubles there.. With her compatriot Galina Voskoboeva..

1R: Kleybanova/Voskoboeva - Peng/Sun 6-4 7-5
2R: Peschke/Stubbs(3) - Kleybanova/Voskoboeva 6-4 6-2

Q1: Alisa Kleybanova(7) - (wc)Sophie Cornerotte 6-1 6-0
I went to this match, Alisa was solid.. :)

Q2: Alisa Kleybanova(7) - Ekaterina Dzehalevich 6-3 7-6(4)
Q3: Alisa Kleybanova(7) - Sofia Arvidsson(1) 4-6 7-5 6-3
A nice story about this match, Alisa nearly lost this one, she was behind 4-6 2-5 (15-40).. And still won!

1R: Alisa Kleybanova(Q) - Agnes Szavay(6) 6-2 6-3
A very nice result! :)


2R: Alisa Kleybanova(Q) - Kateryna Bondarenko 7-5 3-6 7-5
Alisa was 2-4 behind in the 3rd set, but fought and won, and into the QF of a tier II for the first time!

QF: Justine Henin(1) - Alisa Kleybanova(Q) 6-4 6-3
Went there as well, Alisa didn't get blown by Justine, she has her chances, that is nice to know/learn for the future.. :)
Thanks to this result she stomed into the top-100, 82th! :)





1R: Dzehalevich/Govortsova - Kleybanova/Niculescu 6-4 6-4

Q-draw

Q1: Alisa Kleybanova RUS (7) - Galina Voskoboeva RUS 6-4 6-4
Q2: Alisa Kleybanova RUS (7) - Debbrich Feys BEL 6-1 6-1
Q3: Klara Zakopalova CZE (1) - Alisa Kleybanova RUS (7) 6-2 6-4

1R: Husarova/Medina Garrigues SVK/ESP - Kleybanova/Dzehalevich RUS/BLR 7-5 0-6 [11-9]


(Tnx to Nouf - Stephane Martinache)

2R: Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) - Alisa Kleybanova (RUS-Q) 6-3 6-4


(Tnx to Experimentee)


(Tnx to Andiyan)

1R: Alisa Kleybanova RUS (Q) - Shuai Peng CHN 7-5 4-6 9-7!

Well done!! ;-)

Match report:

Kleybanova outlasts Peng

By Bren O'Brien

China's Shuai Peng has failed in her bid to get through to the second round of the Australian Open for the third time, overpowered in a three-hour epic by Russia's Alisa Kleybanova.

Kleybanova prevailed 7-5 5-6 9-7 in a match which had the crowd out on Court 21 on the edge of their seats for much of the epic contest. The Russian world No.154 now plays compatriot Anna Chakvetadze, who had a walkover in her earlier match.

The first set saw Kleybanova take the early initiative, establishing a break before handing it back with a double fault in the sixth game. But the Russian dug seep to get another break in the 12th game and take the opener.

It was Peng who began the better in the second, racing to a 2-0 lead before Kleybanova broke back to level it up. Games went with serve until the tenth game, when Peng set up a set point and capitalised, levelling the match.

An epic third set saw Kleybanova grab the early running, leading 2-0, but Peng kept herself in the contest with a break back. Neither player was able to land the killer blow until Kleybanova broke the world No.45 in the 15th game of the set. She saw off a break point and then created a match point of her own. She took that and booked a spot in the final 64 at her first Grand Slam event.

Alisa in her match vs Peng:


Alisa is playing vs Anna Chakvetadze, seeded six, in the Margaret Court Arena after mens match, which starts at 11AM..
Good luck!!! ;-)

Q3: Alisa Kleybanova RUS - Olivia Sanchez FRA (24) 6-0 6-4

Great job!! ;-) Due to this win Alisa's 136th in the rankings! Into the maindraw, her opponent is Shuai Peng from China..
Their match is at Tuesday, as the Top-Half is playing at Monday..

Her quarter of the draw (in bottom-half):

Anna Chakvetadze RUS (6) vs Andrea Petkovic GER
Shuai Peng CHN - Alisa Kleybanova RUS (Q)
Akiko Morigami JPN vs Michaella Krajicek NED
Meilen Tu USA vs Maria Kirilenko RUS (27)

Lucie Safarova CZE (22) vs Catalina Castano COL
Roberta Vinci ITA vs Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP
Alize Cornet FRA vs Clarisa Fernandez ARG
Vania King USA vs Daniela Hantuchova SVK (9)

Nadia Petrova RUS (14) vs Nicole Pratt AUS
Evgenia Linetskaya ISR vs Anne Kremer LUX
Laura Granville USA vs Yvonne Meusburger AUT
Ekaterina Makarova RUS vs Agnes Szavay HUN (20)

Agnieszka Radwanska POL (29) vs Olga Savchuk UKR
Martina Muller GER vs Pauline Parmentier FRA
Olga Govortsova BLR vs Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
Nathalie Dechy FRA vs Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (2)

Q2: Alisa Kleybanova RUS - (5) Iveta Benesova CZE 6-3 6-1

Well done!!! ;-) Olivia Sanchez, seeded 24, next, good luck!!
The Maindraw is out, and the places for the qualifiers are quite OK..

Q1: Alisa Kleybanova RUS - Marie-Eve Pelletier CAN 6-3 6-4

Well done!! ;-)
Now vs Iveta Benesova, 5th seed, good luck!!