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MOSCOW: World number three Vera Zvonareva will lead Russia in this month’s Fed Cup semi-final against Italy, the Russian tennis federation (RTF) said on Tuesday.
Zvonareva will be joined by 14th-ranked Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (21) and Ekaterina Makarova (39) for the April 16-17 tie in Moscow, the RTF said on its website (www.tennis-russia.ru).

Zvonareva replaces former world number one Maria Sharapova, who looked sluggish in Russia’s 3-2 quarter-final home win over France in February when she lost her first singles match and was replaced for the reverse rubber the following day.

Russian Vera Zvonareva overcame a whipping desert wind on Sunday to dethrone Ana Ivanovic at the Indian Wells Masters, overcoming the frustrated holder 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 for the title

The match was played in desert gusts which sent sand through the air and made holding serve a challenge. A total of 19 break points were up for grabs in the unpredictable conditions. There was only one ace served in the two-hour battle.

The Moscow semi-final will be played at a specially-built indoor court laid on top of an ice rink at the 14,000-seat Khodynka arena.

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Vera Zvonareva Biography
Vera Igorevna Zvonareva; born September 7, 1984, Moscow, Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. As of June 8, 2009, she is ranked World No. 7.
Zvonareva has won eight WTA Tour singles titles, four WTA Tour doubles titles and two ITF Women's Circuit singles titles. In her first few years on the professional tour, she became known for her fragile psyche, often breaking down in tears during matches. Critics cited her unstable emotions as a reason why her results may have fallen short of her expectations. Her first Grand Slam singles quarterfinal came at the 2003 French Open after defeating Venus Williams in the fourth round. Of her nine singles titles, two have been at the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee.
Zvonareva is a Grand Slam doubles champion, having won at the US Open in 2006 with Nathalie Dechy. She is also an Olympic medalist, having won a bronze in singles for Russia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In 2004, she and partner Anastasia Myskina won the decisive final rubber match in the team's Fed Cup victory. In 2008, she won the opening rubber of the Fed Cup final against Spain, helping Russia to its third win in four years.

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Vera Zvonareva Biography
Vera Zvonareva was born into a family of sportsmen. Her mother Natalya Bykova played field hockey and was a bronze medallist in the Moscow Olympic Games 1980. Her father Igor Zvonarev participated in a USSR championship on bandy.
Her Mother brought Vera to the sports club “Chajka” when she was 6 years old. Her first coach was Ekaterina Ivanovna Kryuchkova. Even then Vera stood out against the background of not only people of her age, but also of her seniors.
At that time Zvonareva didn’t think about professional career and played tennis mostly for pleasure. But with her first victories, she had to face a choice, and Vera decided to devote her life to sports.

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