Kiki Bertens was born in the small town of Vatingen on December 10, 1991. For 10 years she has been engaged in professional tennis, was a participant and a semi-finalist of the Grand Slam Cup. Her extraordinary talent was also noted on the sites of the French Open Cup in 2016 and at the famous tournament of the International Women's Tennis Association. Dutch tennis player Kiki Bertens won the WTA Cup 17 times, 10 of which were doubles.
short biography
The girl was born at the very outskirts of Europe, where there was practically no entertainment except sports. As befits all great athletes, Kiki Bertens began to play tennis from an early age. For the first time, the girl became on the court at the age of 6 years and since then has not left him. She is the eldest of three daughters, Dory and Rob Bertens, and her sisters are named Joyce and Daisy.
A tennis player from an early age demonstrated an extremely aggressive style of playing the game, which testifies to her self-confidence. Nevertheless, sometimes it plays against herself.
The beginning of a sports career
For the first time, Kiki Bertens entered the professional arena in 2009. The second largest tennis tournament in the ITF world gave the young athlete her first victory and fame, as well as a significant fee of $ 10 thousand. By 2010, she won several significant victories in the category of 10-thousanders and 25-thousanders. February 2011 is associated with the first victory in the career of a tennis player in the WTA tour and participation in the main tournament of the Netherlands. The girl was barely 19, and she had already become a sports star on a global scale.
A year later, in 2012, in the international tennis ranking, Kiki Bertens entered the first thousand of the best racquets in the world, taking 149 place. She continued to declare herself loudly, winning the WTA debut tournament for her. Even then, she defeated the little-known tennis stars at that time, like Simone Halep and Garbigny Mugurusu.
Participation in Roland Garos
After a series of setbacks in February 2014, Kiki lost her place in the top 100 tennis players in the world. After that, to participate in the French Open, she had to go through three stages of the qualifying competitions, which she successfully managed and regained her reputation. This success helped her to gain a foothold in the hundred best athletes. In October of that year, Kiki Bertens was able to reach the quarter finals of the Cup in Luxembourg.
The season of 2015, the girl began with swift victories. She opened the competition with a good game in singles competition and showed a coordinated game with Johanna Larson. This duet brought the girls the doubles award in the Botswana Tournament. Kiki's success ends in the summer, when she is again displaced beyond the first hundred.
At the 2016 Wimbledon tournament, the athlete again rose to the peak of the rating of tennis players. She irresistibly went to victory, until she met with the 5th racket of the world. At the moment, 2017 is considered the most successful in the career of Kiki Bertens - she entered the top 20 and won many significant victories. Especially good game could be observed in doubles. It is in them that you can notice the whole talent of the promising famous tennis player.