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 She got her first tennis racket when she was four years old from
the father of Grand Slam winner Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
 A t the age of six, she attended a tennis clinic in Moscow run by
Martina Navratilova, who recognized her talent and recommended
that she should go to the USA to study at a famous tennis

academy in Florida.
 She moved to the USA with her father in 1994. Neither of them
could speak English. They had very little money and went to the
tennis academy by bicycle every day.
 She turned professional in 2001 and a year later became the
youngest girl ever to reach the junior final at Wimbledon.
 She won the grand slam title at Wimbledon when she was 17. She
was one of the several top players who are known for loud on -
court grunting. She had been the world’s highest paid
sportswoman and the women’s number one several times
.