On this episode it's all about the Russians. Senior Writer for WTA Insider Courtney Nguyen previews this week's tournaments in St. Petersburg and Taiwan and look to the new generation of Russians margarita Gasparyan , Elizaveta kulichkova, and daria kasatkina who are eager to put their stamps on the tour. Their collective success is an important development for a country that has produced two No.1s in Maria Sharapova and Dinara safina, swept the podium at the 2008 Olympics, and won three of the four majors in 2004. There has been a notable gap in talent after anastasia pavlyuchenkova's protogenic rise. That's about to change.
Gasparyan, Kulichkova, and Kasatkina are all in action this week and after a solid last six months, they are all in the Top 100, which means you'll be seeing more of them in the main draw at tour events. So now's the time to get to know them.
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