Shvedova獲選2012最佳東山再起球員
在2010年風光拿下兩座大滿貫雙打冠軍的Shvedova，
在2011年接受膝蓋手術後成績一落千丈，排名從最高的第29位下探至第259位，
不過今年從谷底反彈，在法網成為史上首位晉級大滿貫八強的哈薩克選手，
至於在溫網第三輪痛宰Errani的比賽第一盤中，
連贏24分成為開放年代以來首位拿下黃金盤的女選手。
她今年最高排名曾高達第25位，現在排名第29位，
明年初將出戰奧克蘭、霍伯特和澳網的比賽，之後會打聯邦盃。
WTA Player Awards: Comeback Of The Year
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - After a breakthrough 2010 season that saw her go as
high as No.29 in singles and win two Grand Slam titles in doubles, she
underwent knee surgery at the start of 2011 and struggled to find her winning
form again, falling as low as No.259 - but Yaroslava Shvedova caught fire
again in 2012, making deep runs at two Grand Slams and setting a new
career-high of No.25. And for that, she is the WTA's Comeback Player Of The
Year.
The left knee surgery that caused Shvedova to miss the early part of the 2011
season had some lingering effects - she wouldn't win back-to-back matches for
a full 12-month span between February 2011 and February 2012. But the good
results started to creep in again at a few clay court tournaments in the
spring - quarterfinals of Bogotá, third round at Charleston - and it was at
the biggest clay court stop, Roland Garros, where the talented Kazakh would
come full circle.
Having already been the first Kazakh to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand
Slam - doing it at the 2010 French Open - Shvedova did it all over again at
the 2012 French Open, stunning the defending champion along the way, winning
the last 10 games in a row to beat Li Na in the fourth round. "This is the
most incredible win I've had," she said - she almost made her first Grand
Slam semifinal too, leading 4-2 in the third before falling to Petra Kvitova
in the quarters, 36 62 64.
A few weeks later, Shvedova made the fourth round at Wimbledon, losing a
tight one to eventual champion Serena Williams, 61 26 75 - but it may not
have been that close encounter with Williams that turned the most heads, it
may have been her 60 64 third round win over Sara Errani, the first set being
a golden set - the first golden set recorded by a woman in the Open Era.
Having started 2012 at No.206, Shvedova moved up to No.28 on October 8,
passing the career-high of No.29 she had set in the 2010 season; she set a
new career-high of No.25 on October 29 and finished the year ranked No.29.
Shvedova commented on being the WTA's Comeback Player Of The Year.
"I am very happy to get this award and honored that the media voted for me,"
she said. "I was surprised when I heard the news. I am very happy and proud
of my comeback this year. I worked very hard with my team to do this and it's
nice to receive the award now. It's not only for me, it's a victory me and my
team."
And in a season that had so many highs, Shvedova pointed to a specific one as
her favorite: "My biggest highlight was making a golden set," Shvedova
declared. "That is probably a once-in-a-lifetime thing and something only one
other person has done, so it will always be very special. Also it was super
exciting to qualify for the Olympics by reaching the quarterfinals at Roland
Garros."
And on the knee injury that dug the hole she climbed out of? "My knee is 100%
fine now, but I still do specific exercises to keep it strong so that
hopefully I won't have any more problems with it and can keep improving my
game."
Shvedova is currently doing her off-season training in Buenos Aires and will
play a full Australian season: Auckland, Hobart, then the Australian Open.
She will also compete in Fed Cup after the year's first Grand Slam tournament.
She hopes to keep rising: "I'm very happy to be the Comeback Player Of The
Year but I'm not done yet! I'm going to keep working hard and my goal is to
be Top 20 in singles, and it'd be nice to be back in the Top 10 for doubles
too."
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