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Vasilisa Bardina
Vasilisa Alekseyevna Bardina (russian: link=no, Василиса Алексеевна Бардина, born 30 November 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. As of 10 August 2007, her highest ranking was world No. 48, achieved in early 2007. She has won 3 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and 3 ITF doubles titles, but not any WTA titles in singles or doubles. Biography Father's name is Alexey Bardin, mother's name is Svetlana. She speaks Russian and English. Tennis career Vasilisa made the final of Moorilla Hobart International in 2007, before losing to Anna Chakvetadze. She was forced off the tour after Wimbledon in 2007 due to injury, she had suffered a stress fracture in her right shin. She tried to come back at the Australian Open in 2008, but it was too soon after her injury and she had only been practicing for two weeks before the event. She lost in straight sets to Sandra Kloesel in qualifying. It was around this time that Bardina split from her c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. It is the principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the first city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Denver is located in the Western United States, in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Its downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, approximately east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is named after James W. Denver, a governor of the Kansas Territory. It is nicknamed the ''Mile High City'' because its official elevation is exactly one mile () above sea level. The 105th meridian we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balashikha
Balashikha ( rus, Балашиха, p=bəlɐˈʂɨxə) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pekhorka River east of the Moscow Ring Road. Population: Etymology In Finno-Ugric languages, ''Bala-shika'' means ''land of celebrations, land of laughter and fun.'' Finnic peoples lived in this area before Slavs. Geography The city is known for its unique river and waterway system. The Pekhorka River system covers an area of from north to south and from east to west, and many small lakes and ponds were created by damming to provide water power for the cotton mills in the 19th century. History Balashikha was established in 1830. It was granted town status in 1939. Several rural hamlets had existed long before on the site of the modern city. The city stands on the famous Vladimir Highway, which led out of Moscow to the east. This was the route along which convicted criminals were marched to forced labor camps in Siberia. The road was renamed Gorky Highway in the Sovie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Efremova
Julia Efremova née Vorobieva (born 14 February 1985 in Kursk) is a former Russian tennis player. She played under her maiden name of Vorobieva (aka Vorobeva) until February 2006. She married her coach Alexey Efremov and returned to the circuit in March 2007. In her career, Efremova won eleven titles on the ITF Circuit, one in singles and ten in doubles. Career She has played on the qualifying draws of WTA Tour tournaments on many occasions. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 285, which she achieved on 14 November 2005, and her highest doubles ranking No. 193, achieved on 20 February 2006. In 2003, Julia tried to qualify for her first WTA event in Moscow, but fell to Anastasia Rodionova in the first round. In 2005, she played the qualifying draws of five tournaments ( Pattaya, Hyderabad, Beijing, Guangzhou and Tashkent) but was unsuccessful in each. In 2006, she tried qualifying in Bangalore, but was overpowered in round one by Daniela Kix. In 2007, she fell in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liza Viplav
Liza may refer to * Liza (name), including a list of people named Liza * ''Liza'' (fish), a genus of mullets * ''Liza'' (1972 film), a 1972 Italian film * ''Liza'' (1978 film), a 1978 Malayalam horror film * Hurricane Liza (other), the name of four tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean * "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)", a 1929 song by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn * Zapadnaya Liza, a river in northern Russia near Murmansk * Liza Alert nonprofit search-and-rescue volunteer organization See also * Eliza (other) ELIZA is an early natural language processing computer program created from 1964 to 1966 at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory by Joseph Weizenbaum. Created to demonstrate the superficiality of communication between humans and machines, ... * Lizza (other) * * {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Válková
Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character by Dynamite Entertainment * Eva (''Devil May Cry''), Dante's mother in the ''Devil May Cry'' video game series * Eva (''Metal Gear''), a fictional character in the ''Metal Gear'' video games series * Evangelion (mecha), commonly referred to as "Eva" or "EVA", a fictional cyborg in the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise Films * ''Eva'' (1948 film), a Swedish film * ''Eva'' (1953 film), a Greek drama film * ''Eva'' (1958 film), an Austrian film * ''Eva'' (1962 film), a French-Italian film in English * ''Eva'' (2010 film), an English-language Romanian film * ''Eva'' (2011 film), a Spanish film * ''Eva'' (2018 film), a French film Music Artists *Eva (singer), French singer * E.V.A. (band) (Eve Versus Adam), an Italian female pop band * Banda Eva, a Brazilian axé band formerly fronted by Ivete Sangalo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidi Fredj
Sidi Fredj, known under French rule as Sidi Ferruch, is a coastal town in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is located within the territory of the municipality of Staouéli, on a presque-isle on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the site of the ancient city and bishopric Obori, which remains a Catholic titular see. History Obori was important enough in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis to become one of the many suffragans of its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae's Metropolitan Archbishopric, but faded like most sees in Roman Africa. Sidi Fredj was the landing spot where the French established their beachhead for the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. A number of ships of the French Navy were subsequently named ''Sidi Ferruch'', the colonial name of the town under French rule, in honour of the event. Titular see The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as the titular bishopric of Obori (Latin) / Obori (Curiate Italian) / Oboritan(us) (Latin adjective). It has had the followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphanie Dubois
Stéphanie Dubois (born October 31, 1986) is a former tennis player from Canada. She turned professional in 2004 and achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 87 in January 2012. Dubois was awarded Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada two times (2005, 2007). She retired after the tournoi de Québec in September 2014. Tennis career 2004–07 Dubois made her first appearance in July 2004 in the Fed Cup World Group Play-offs against Switzerland. She reached her first WTA quarterfinal at the 2005 Challenge Bell in Quebec City. At the 2006 Rogers Cup, she scored the biggest win of her career when she defeated Kim Clijsters (who retired from the match), to reach the third round. In 2007, Dubois and Renata Voráčová reached the Challenge Bell final but lost to Christina Fusano and Raquel Kops-Jones in straight sets. 2008–10 In 2008, she got in the main draw of the Australian Open and the French Open, participating in a first in the latter, where two Quebec native playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, along with Raymond. The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, down from 173,514 at the 2010 census. Jackson's population declined more between 2010 and 2020 (11.42%) than any major city in the United States. Jackson is the anchor for the Jackson metropolitan statistical area, the largest metropolitan area completely within the state. With a 2020 population estimated around 600,000, metropolitan Jackson is home to over one-fifth of Mississippi's population. The city sits on the Pearl River and is located in the greater Jackson Prairie region of Mississippi. Founded in 1821 as the site for a new state capital, the city is named after General Andrew Jackson, who was honored for his role in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and would later serve as U.S. president. Fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anda Perianu
Anda Perianu (born July 4, 1980) is a Romanian former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player. On 24 July 2006, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 120 whilst her best WTA doubles ranking was 213 on 22 May 2006. She was coached by Silviu Tănăsoiu. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 14 (3 titles, 11 runner-ups) Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups) External links * * 1980 births Living people Romanian female tennis players Sportspeople from Brăila {{Romania-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelham, Alabama
Pelham is a city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in July 1964 and is a suburb located in the Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama which was home to over 1.1 million residents as of the 2020 census. At the 2000 census the population was 14,369, and has grown to 24,318 by the 2020 census, nearly doubling. It was named for Confederate Civil War officer John Pelham. Geography Pelham is located at (33.304581, -86.784620). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , is land and (0.89%) is water. Oak Mountain State Park, Alabama's largest state park, is located in Pelham. The city is located along U.S. Route 31, which runs directly through the city, as well as I-65, with access from exits 242 and 246. Downtown Birmingham is 20 mi (32 km) north, and Montgomery is 72 mi (116 km) south, both via US-31 or I-65. Demographics 2000 census At the 2000 census, there were 14,369 people, 5,637 households, and 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Emilia Salerni
María Emilia Salerni (born 14 May 1983), known as "Pitu Salerni", is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. On 25 February 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 65. On 23 September 2002, she peaked at No. 45 in the doubles rankings. The two-time former junior Grand Slam champion, winning Wimbledon and US Open in 2000, as well as finishing runner-up at Roland Garros, was named the 2000 ITF Junior World Champion. Salerni dated Argentine tennis player Guillermo Cañas Guillermo Ignacio Cañas (; born November 25, 1977), often referred to as Willy Cañas, is a retired tennis player from Argentina. He was born in Buenos Aires and named after Argentine tennis star Guillermo Vilas. Cañas won the Canada Masters i ... until 2007. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midland, Michigan
Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Michigan. The city's population was 42,547 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Midland Micropolitan Statistical Area, part of the larger Saginaw-Midland-Bay City Combined Statistical Area. History By the late 1820s, Midland was established as a fur trading post of the American Fur Company supervised by the post at Saginaw. Here agents purchased furs from Ojibwe trappers. The Campau family of Detroit operated an independent trading post at this location in the late 1820s. Dow Chemical Company was founded in Midland in 1897, and its world headquarters are still located there. Through the influence of a Dow Chemical plant opening in Handa, Aichi, Japan, Midland and Handa have become sister cities. Dow Corning was also headquartered in Midland. In 1969, the city unilaterally defined a Midland Urban Growth Area (MUGA), a two-mile territory around the city limits, in an attempt to control urban sprawl. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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