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Ksenia Shikanova
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Fall 2021: Competed in five tournaments in the fall…Posted a 8-5 tournament singles mark…Lost to Belmont’s Abi Solomon (2-6, 4-6) to start the season at Austin Peay’s Fall Tournament (9/17-18)…At the UCA Fall Tournament (10/3-4) defeated Louisiana Tech’s Najah Dawson (6-4, 6-3) and UCA’s Suomo Hamanaga (3-6, 6-1, 12-10) before dropping her final match of that tournament to Northeastern State’s Mariella Minetti (6-4, 0-6, 5-10)…At the Redhawks home hidden dual (10/10), defeated Jessica Stefan of UT Martin, 7-5, 6-2, and Lia Espinal (6-2, 6-2) of Saint Louis to win the title…Won five straight singles matches from 10/10 to 10/21-24…Secured three victories at the ITA Division I Women’s Central Regional Championship (10/21-24) defeating Regina Talavera (St. Thomas, 6-2, 6-2), Millie Haagensen (Drake, 6-4, 6-1) and Valentina Vasquez (Missouri, 6-0, 7-6) before ultimately losing to Sofia Smagina (6-3, 6-2) of Kansas…Went 2-6 in doubles, playing with Lera Valeeva (2-5) and Romana Tarajova (0-1)…With Valeeva, went 1-2 at the UCA Fall Invitational (10/3-4)…Lost to Chunxi Xin and Fuka Nonoyama of UCA (6-0)…Defeated Missouri State’s Alyson Piskulic and Tiera Jarmond (6-3)…Lost to Louisiana Tech’s Ilana Tetruashvili and Schuknect with a final mark of 7-6…Defeated Mya Spencer/ Mariona Perez (Saint Louis) 6-4 at the Redhawks home hidden dual meet (10/10).
JUNIOR • 5-9 NEVADA NIZHNY NOVGOROD, RUSSIA SCHOOL OF OLYMPIC RESERVE
Spring 2021: Earned 2021 All-OVC Second Team honors…Was third on the Redhawks in 2021 with a 12-5 mark in singles…Compiled a 6-1 record in OVC play, at the fourth slot (10-5 overall at no. 4)…Also competed at the second (1-0) and third (1-0) singles positions…Made Redhawks debut with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Maja Gledic of Central Arkansas (2/6) at no. 4 singles…Went on a seven-match singles win streak from March 27 (Belmont) to April 24 (Jacksonville State)…Beat Dariana Prato of #4 Jacksonville State (4/24), 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, in the 2021 OVC Championship Semifinals…Dropped a 6-4, 5-7, 4-6 decision to Aleks Topalovic of #2 Austin Peay (4/25) in the 2021 OVC Championship Finals…Posted an 8-7 doubles mark… Fashioned an 8-3 mark (8-2 at no. 2) with Lera Valeeva…Teamed up with Valeeva for a 4-1 record in league play…Also played with Vivian Lai (0-2, no. 3) and Daniela Hlacikova (0-2, no. 2)…Went on a sixmatch win streak with Valeeva from March 8 (William Woods) to April 16 (SIUE)…With Valeeva, defeated Sara Jamal and Harriet Hamilton of #4 Jacksonville State (4/24), 6-0, at no. 2 doubles, in the 2021 OVC Championship Semifinals. 2019-20 at Nevada (Shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic): In her first collegiate action, advanced to the finals in the white singles bracket at the Cal Fall Invitational…Posted a 7-7 record in her freshman season at Nevada...Was 4-4 in dual action during the spring and 3-3 in fall tournament play…Played seven matches at No. 2 singles in the spring and once at No. 1…In doubles play was 10-4 with a 4-2 mark in dual (spring) competitions and 6-2 in tournament (fall) action…Played all her dual doubles matches on court 3…Posted an 8-4 record with sophomore Selina Turulja, 3-2 in dual action (spring) and 5-2 in fall tournaments…Competed with two other partners in doubles during the season... Coached by Guillaume Tonelli at Nevada...Was one of five freshmen on the team and one of four Russians at Nevada.
Prep: Attended the School of Olympic Reserve in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, where she played for Mike Vinyar…In addition to tennis she participated in figure skating, gymnastics and volleyball…Captured the ITF Doubles Championship after a second place finish the previous year…Reached the semifinals of the ITA and was a Russian national tournament winner in singles.
Personal: Born on June 3, 2001...Daughter of Natalia and Vadim Shikanova…Majoring in Finance at SEMO.
2022 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TENNIS GUIDE ANNA KAZISKA
412021 OVC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONS KSENIA SHIKANOVA
