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Born: 8/7/81
Nationality: Russian
Seeded: 6
World ranking: 5
French Open best: 2nd round (2003)
Recent record: 2003: 2nd round 2002: 1st round 2001: 1st round
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That she remains the number one Russian says a good deal about the 22-year-old's consistency, bearing in mind the strength of her compatriots.
She is an established top-10 player and picked up the seventh tournament win of her career when successfully retaining her Doha title in March.
Like most of her fellow Russians, Myskina has a tidy game from the back of the court, and also boasts a neat touch at the net.
However, her record against the likes of the Williams sisters, Justine Henin-Hardenne, Lindsay Davenport and Jennifer Capriati is poor.
This year she has already suffered heavy defeats to Capriati, Kim Clijsters and Henin-Hardenne - the latter a 6-1 6-1 drubbing in the Indian Wells semis.