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Biography of Alyona Bondarenko - Tennis
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Alyona Bondarenko (born August 13 1984) is a Ukraine|Ukrainian tennis player. In 2005, she made her grand slam debut at the Australian Open, where she suffered a first round loss to sixth seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia, 6-3 6-3. Two weeks later, she reached her first WTA tour quarterfinal at Pattaya City, Thailand, where she lost to eventual runner-up, Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany, in straight sets. The following week at Hyderabad, she reached her first tour final as the tournament's ninth seeded player, falling to hometown favourite Sania Mirza, in three tight sets. Following her loss, she made her first appearance in the women's top 100 rankings. ==External links== *wta|id=20608|name=Alyona Bondarenko

