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Nika Shytkouskaya

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#1 ·
Nika is 16 (born Feb 2, 1999 in Minsk), she was at junior CHR of 203 last week. :)

Her best junior results so far this year are a final at G4 Yonex ITF Hamburg in January (had to retire at 0-2 down in the final against Leonie Kung :sad: :hug:) and 2 QF appearances, at G4 Magnolia Cup and at G2 Panaceo ITF Junior Cup. :)

Last year she actually didn't play much, but won a title at G4 Latvian Open (beat Valeriya Yuschenko, 5-7 6-2 7-6(3) in the final :yeah:), and also made one more final at G5 Dynamit Cup (lost to Diana Krasnova in the final, 6-3 5-7 3-6 :sobbing: :hug:) and a SF at G4 Belkanton Cup (fell to Hanna Kryvatulava, 1 & 2 in SF). :yeah:

Last November, she played her very first pro event at 25K Minsk where she was given a MDWC, and lost badly to (6)Ekaterina Alexandrova in R1, 2 & 0. :hug: Alexandrova was #257 at that time and was the runner-up at that tournament in the end. ;)

This week and last week were her 2nd & 3rd tries at a pro tournament, she was given a QWC this time (way more sensible ;)) at both Minsk 25Ks. :bounce:
At the first one, she lost in Q1 to Claudia Coppola, 4-6 6-2 0-6.
At the second one this week, she did much better: beat Palina Dubavets, 3-6 7-5 6-1 in Q1, and (14)Liubov Vasilyeva (WTA 619, CHR 578), 7-5 7-6(5) in Q2, and took the first set against top seed Sofia Kvatsabaia (WTA 379), before eventually falling in 3, 6-3 3-6 3-6. :hug: Pretty great week for Nika! :D :hearts:

Let's hope Nika has a great 2nd part of the year now, and gets as close to the Top 100 as possible by the end of the year! :cheer::cheer::cheer:
 
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#3 ·
Nika had a great run at G2 Ozerov Cup last week in Moscow, where she made the final! :D

As the 8th seed she had a bye in R1, then she beat Anna Tarasova 3 & 4 in R2, (Q)Anastasia Kharitonova 2 & 4 in R3, (4)Ekaterina Kazionova (#81) 2 & 3 in QF, (2)Valeriya Zeleva (#62) 7-6(1) 6-1 in SF, before falling badly to (3)Elena Rybakina in the final, 3 & 0 :hug:



Looking at the vid it looks like it was one of those moody days for her :sobbing: Nevertheless, it's been a great week, with some convincing straight-set wins over Top 100 girls in QFs and SFs! :yeah:
 
#5 ·
Nika's had a good run at the U16 European Championships this week in Moscow.

She was unseeded there, had a bye in R1, bear Wiktoria Kulik 7-5 6-1 in R2, (3)Francesca Jones 6-2 3-6 7-5 in R3, (16)Tatiana Pieri 1 & 3 in R4, before losing a close match against (5)Anastasia Gasanova (#53, WTA 690) in QF, 5-7 5-7 :sad: :hug:


Belarusian mafia on the Red Square (with Ulyana Grib) :hearts:



 
#7 ·
Nika is back in action at G3 Torneo Internacional Junior de Pontevedra this week! :D :bounce:

She is the 4th seed there, beat Aleksandra Kuznetsova 2 & 3 in R1 :cool: :yeah:

R2 vs. talented 15 yo WC Paula Arias Manjon will probably not be a walk in the park... :scared: :cheer::cheer:
 
#13 ·
Nika played G2 Sanxenxo International Junior Tournament this week, she was the 8th seed and she beat Aleksandra Kuznetsova 6-0 5-7 6-3 in R1, but she fell to dangerous floater (WC)Paula Arias Manjon in R2, 5-7 6-1 1-6 :bigcry: :sad: :hug:
 
#21 ·
Nika has started doing the apparently very dreaded year-end training block in Stayki (looks like that place is pretty much part of the Belarusian tennis mythology :lol:) near Minsk, with a few other Belarusian youngsters :oh:


with Vera Sakalouskaya






with Viktoryia Mun (who's looking like Vika A. on this pic :eek:)

 
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