Anastasia pavlyuchenkova quot in my training in las vegas came to steffi graf quot

But the topic of conversation for the correspondent "SE" with Pavlyuchenkova was not a defeat, and the decision to prepare for tennis tournaments overseas and the upcoming US Open not in their usual "base" in the academy in Barcelona Barcelona Total Tennis (BTT), and in the gambling capital of the world – American Las Vegas. – Your father Sergei Pavlyuchenkov in a recent interview, "SE" told me that the idea to practice in the United States came from the Academy of BTT and your agent. And exactly where you practiced? – The Darling Tennis Center. I was there for just over a week. – This tennis center is known not only by the fact that for several years, there was held the tournament ATP, but the fact that its courts can often see Andre Agassi and his wife Steffi Graf. You luck? – Yes, I have met and Steffi and Andre. And even Earl looked at one of my workouts. We exchanged a few words with her. Always admired her as a person and athlete. – Who else out there trained elite players at the same time with you? – I saw a Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Jack Juice. This 18-year-old American last year won the Junior US Open. – Many people felt surprise appearance along with you in Las Vegas, the Spanish coach Carlos Kuadrado known to work with other Russians – Svetlana Kuznetsova. Kuadrado now your coach? – I was looking for a man who could ride with me to tournaments. My former mentor could not do this. Carlos at the time was free and wanted to try. I think he's pretty well established himself, working with Kuznetsova and with Slovak Daniela Hantuhovoy. That's how we began our collaboration. – Several years ago, Spaniard Fernando Verdasco made ​​a breakthrough in the game and broke into the Top 10 ranking ATP was once trained in the academy in Las Vegas. You at Darling Tennis Center one of the local trainers help? – First of all, to me has been my coach, with whom we worked on different components of the game – trying to cover everything. Also on the court helped me a renowned expert Darren Cahill (Australian at the time worked with Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Murray and Ana Ivanovich. – Comm. VL). But over the physical readiness, we worked with a fitness trainer Agassi – Gil Reyes. – A decent company. There is no desire now routinely train in Las Vegas? – Why not? Maybe it really has come. Anyway, I was told that I now own it and can come in as a tennis center to his home. Besides the city itself and I really enjoyed it. – Going directly to a series of overseas tournaments, I would like to аск: where to play in front of US Open apart from the already completed for you Rogers Cup? – The plans I had originally been three tournaments – Toronto, Cincinnati and then New Haven. And then he and US Open. – You can select your favorite in the series and the upcoming U.S. Open? – Honestly? I can not. The fact that we have in women's tennis everything is so unpredictable, and to predict the favorite or the winner is quite difficult! – Not many expected that the former first racket of the world American Serena Williams, missed the due to injuries and illnesses long enough period of time, on his return to WTA Tour will move on to play an equal with the leaders and win the tournament … – I do like- I do not think about Serena and her results. But to talk about the prospects of American still early, yet Serena has won only one tournament at Stanford. We'll see how it goes next. But whatever happened in any case can not deny that she a great player and a true leader in spirit. – And you, now occupying 13th place in the WTA rankings and 18th in the title race, seeks to break through to the final tournament WTA Championships in Istanbul later this season? – To get in Istanbul, of course, desirable. But, frankly, in the first place I should try to consistently play well. Work to much, and by the end of the season for me personally is more important to add a tennis player, go to a consistently high level. As for the WTA Championships, then, of course, I will try to get to Istanbul is already on the results of this year. As the saying goes – nothing is impossible. – Before the Olympics in London is less than a year. At this point you're like third racket in Russia, get into the Olympic team skuyu. So, before the Games 2012 Tennis Federation of Russia intends to organize a training camp for our team. Within 10 days, players can practice on the courts of Stoke Park Club – Club with grass courts, situated west of London. If you take away the Games, you will prepare yourself or go to this collection? – First, the Olympics still have to go. Well, if that happens, it probably will go to the collection, organized by the federation. And why not? Although, frankly, about the upcoming collection for the first time I hear from you. – What about the November Fed Cup final Moscow Russia – Czech Republic you just heard, but in the course of the hand to help the team in the finals this fall. Ready for the season that you can properly tightened? – I am sure that the final Fed Cup is worth it (laughs). So I'm ready for anything. Vladas LASITSKAS