Anastasiya Yakimova

Anastasiya Yakimova (, born November 1, 1986 in Minsk, Soviet Union) is a female tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan, a seeded player, on the way in the second round.

2009

Yakimova began the year by qualifying for the Medibank International. She defeated Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, Sophie Ferguson and Klára Zakopalová en route to qualifying. She faced Annabel Medina Garrigues in the first round and lost 6–1 3–6 6–3. <br>She then headed to the Australian Open. She was accepted straight into the main draw and drawn against Gisela Dulko, she lost this match 6–3 5–7 6–3. <br>She then played her first ITF tournament of the year at the $50,000 Cali event in Colombia. As the no 4 Seed Yakimova battled through to the final where she defeated Rossana de los Ríos 6–3 6–0 to take her seventh ITF title. <br>She then qualified for both Indian Wells and Miami, two premier mandatory events. In Indian Wells she defeated American Varvara Lepchenko before falling to reigning champion Ana Ivanović. In Miami she defeated fellow Belarussian Olga Govortsova and then 13th seed Marion Bartoli to reach the third round. Here she lost to Alisa Kleybanova 6–3 3–6 6–4. <br>At the 2009 Barcelona Ladies Open Yakimova qualified and managed to make it to her first WTA quarter final of the year. She defeated Sorana Cîrstea and Magdaléna Rybáriková before falling to eventual...
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