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Postby sharkboi » Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:17 pm


Russian born Anastasia Rodionova to become Australian citizen

A five-year battle ends for Anastasia Rodionova next week when she finally becomes an Australian citizen and gives the country three women in the top 100 for next month's Australian Open.

It follows three weeks after Slovakian-born Jarmilla Groth also finally became an Australian citizen. Rodionova's ceremony will be in Melbourne next Thursday. The timing could not be more perfect for the 27-year-old Russian-born player as her first Grand Slam for her new country will now also be her home Slam (January 18-31).

"That sends tingles down my spine when I hear that," said Rodionova's partner of five years, Lorne Padman.

The two met at a nightclub in Melbourne when Rodionova first played at Melbourne Park under the Russian flag in January 2005.

"Six months after we met we realised we wanted to be together for the rest of our lives. We thought the easiest thing would be for her to live here rather than me trying to adapt to a new culture," Padman said.

"Anastasia always told me she felt like an Australian because she loved the lifestyle and people so much. But it's been a long fight to get citizenship."

Rodionova, who has been as high as No 63, is ranked 96 and will automatically qualify for the singles main draw in Melbourne along with Sam Stosur (13) and Jelena Dokic (57). She said her citizenship test of 20 questions made her as nervous as before a big match but she scored 100 per cent "because I studied hard and knew most of the answers anyway".

"I think everyone who moves to Australia should know some of the major dates like Anzac Day and Australia Day and a bit of the history. I think it's very reasonable," she said.

Like Groth, Rodionova will put her hand up for Australia's Fed Cup team.

Groth and Rodionova fell victims to the Howard government's immigration laws which stated a person had to live in Australia for nine months a year to qualify for citizenship. But professional athletes such as tennis players and golfers who ply their trade worldwide could not meet that criteria. The Rudd government changed the laws three months ago.

In tennis, the world governing body, the ITF, demanded a passport as proof of citizenship, although it did allow individual Grand Slams the discretion to change a player's nationality. That is why Groth and Rodionova have played under the Australian flag for the past two Australian Opens but were designated Slovakian and Russian elsewhere on tour.

"I will be a real Australian this time," Rodionova said.

Source - http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sp ... 5806773260

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_Rodionova

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Postby sharkboi » Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:00 am


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Postby sharkboi » Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:29 am


Anastasia Rodionova officially an Aussie
Russian-born Anastasia Rodionova became an Australian citizen at a ceremony in Melbourne today, after having lived in the Victorian capital with her partner Lorne Padman since 2005.

Rodionova has been able to represent Australia at Grand Slam tournaments, but not elsewhere on Tour. That will change at the start of the 2010 season, when she will make her debut under her new flag at the Brisbane International.

The world number 96 joins 13th-ranked Samantha Stosur and world number 57 Jelena Dokic as Australia's top three female players.

"I am so excited and proud to be an Aussie," said Rodionova, who first competed Down Under in 2002. "Gaining citizenship of this great country makes me feel like my adopted home is now finally my true home.

"I'd like to thank the Australian Government and every one at Tennis Australia for helping me for all of these years to achieve this amazing result. I am very honoured to represent Australia at every single tournament I play and I hope to make our nation proud."

Australia plays a Fed Cup tie against Spain in February, and Rodionova says she would love the chance to play for her new country.

"I hope Tennis Australia will contact me soon, since I have the Australian citizenship now," she said.

"If I could play Fed Cup that would be great.

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Postby sharkboi » Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:05 pm


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Postby sharkboi » Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:11 pm


Li downs Rodionova for fourth round spot

London, June 26 (bdnews24.com/AFP) - Chinese number one Li Na made it through to the fourth round at Wimbledon on Saturday with a straight sets defeat of feisty Australian Anastasia Rodionova.

The ninth seed won 6-1, 6-3 inside 58 minutes, ending the Australian number two's impressive run at the All England Club.

Li, the first Chinese player to rank in the top 10, will face Polish seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the fourth round.

The contest was played on Court 18, where John Isner and Nicolas Mahut disputed the longest tennis match ever known.

Before Li's win, the previous match played on Court 18 ended in controversy, with Romanian seed Victor Hanescu facing possible disciplinary action after spitting towards a section of the crowd.

Li, playing with tape on her right knee, was hardly troubled in the first set, which she wrapped up in 22 minutes.

Rodionova had break point on a deuce at 4-3 down in the second set but Li levelled matters then won the game when the Australian hit the net.

Rodionova, playing with a mini Australian flag on her cap, therefore had to serve to stay in the set.

Li earned herself two match points then won the tie with a fierce backhand cross court shot.

The 28-year-old from Wuhan hit 20 winners to Rodionova's seven, and won a far higher percentage of points on her serve.

Li and Rodionova had only faced each other once before. They clashed here in the first round two years ago, when the Chinese triumphed in three sets.

Li's best performance at Wimbledon came in 2006, when she reached the quarter-finals.

The Chinese entered the Championships this year in hot form, winning her first grass court title at Eastbourne by defeating Maria Sharapova in the final.

Had she won, Rodionova would have become the first Australian to reach the ladies' fourth round at Wimbledon since Jelena Dokic in 2000.

Reaching the third round here matched her best Grand Slam performances.

Rodionova downed Russian 19th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, the former French and US Open champion, in the second round to set up the Li clash.

In the first round, Rodionova came from behind to beat British number three Anne Keothavong in three sets but her on-court temperament did not impress her opponent.

"She's what she is. She's kind of renowned for some of her antics," Keothavong said.


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