Tennis Petrova Age
On the rise in 2011 – Christina McHale
Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, the 5 '7 "American courts began to play tennis in her family apartment complex in Hong Kong. From age 3 to 8, Christina's family lived in Hong Kong because of her father's job transfer.
I had a chance to catch up with Christina a few weeks ago, and that's what they had to say on their introduction to tennis: "I was seven years old when I first picked up a racket, I started playing tennis because my sister, Lauren, had begun to take lessons, so I wanted to. to follow what they did. At first I was just having fun and was not aware that this is something for the rest of my life I could do was, but when I played my first tournament at age ten I knew I wanted a tennis player. "McHale grew up idolizing the Williams sisters.
McHale career in the junior ranks, they saw the girls start doubles title at the Australian Open, the girls singles title in the '18s Easter Bowl and won both the girls singles and doubles titles at the USTA Girls' 18s National Championships.
Every year since they began playing pro tournaments 2007, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey native has risen steadily in the rankings – 712 in 2007, up to 425th 2008 and 218 at the end of 2009. McHale is currently ranked 109th and in the world reached a career high of the 106th to 4 October 2010.
McHale's play in advancing in her career WTA main draw at the 2009 Australian Open, 2010 French Open and 2009 and 2010 U.S. Opens. In 2010, her aggressive baseline game and favorite shot, her forehand, contributed to the round of 16s in the WTA Tour event in Cincinnati, Charleston to reach the semifinals and Stanford in Quebec City. McHale calls her biggest victory to a victory over Nadia Petrova in Western and Southern Financial Open in Cincinnati in the past August date.
McHale's most beautiful moments in her young career include "winning my first round at the U.S. Open last year (2009), because it means so much to me there to all my friends and family to support me. Another one of my favorite moments was on the official Fed Cup team against France in February appointed. It was a real honor for me. "
McHale hopes to again make the main draw of the Australian Open, as it has been invited to Australia at the USTA Open wildcard play-off competition this month in Atlanta.
McHale trains at the USTA Training Center in Carson, California.
McHale lists her goals for the 2011 season to get "my ranking high enough to get directly into main draw of Grand Slams. Above all, I just continue to improve and want to add new dimensions to my game. My professional goal would be to make top 10 in the world. "
I know I will like to improve their play Christina McHale and their ranking in 2011.
About the Author
Karen Pestaina is a contributing writer for On The Baseline Tennis News http://www.onthebaseline.com where you can find professional women’s tennis news, results, interviews, analysis, and commentary from around the globe.
