Vasilisa Bardina

[1] Bardina made the final of the Hobart International in 2007, before losing to Anna Chakvetadze.

[2] She was forced off the tour after Wimbledon in 2007 due to injury, she had suffered a stress fracture in her right shin.

[3] It was around this time that Bardina split from her coach, her father Alexey Bardin, whom she has described as a "pushy Dad".

[4] Bardina made a few tentative appearances at ITF events in North America in 2009 with limited success.

[4] Under Salzenstein's guidance, Bardina won the US Open National Playoffs Intermountain Sectional Qualifying Tournament held at the Gates Tennis Center in Denver without dropping a set, which meant she could then play the US Open National Playoffs for a Wildcard into the qualifying draw of the main event.