Svetlana kindly takes questions from our forum members about her career and experiences. See her answers below.....

Bellans - Roma, Italia

What is your favourite tournament in the season? - US Open

What would you have done if you were not a Tennis player? - Would have been a rap star..hahahha no seriously would have been a sports woman of some kind

Amy - Manchester, England

I have a Golden Retriever called Biskit, I recently read that you would like a dog if you did not travel as much. What breed would you like to eventually have after your tennis career? Good luck for the rest of the year - I would like to have a lab but its way to time consuming now whilst  I have my tennis career unfortunately I wish I could take it to the tournaments though to keep me company

Kuzfan, England

Who would you consider your best friend on the WTA/ATP tour? - Amelie Mauresmo is a very good friend of mine + many of the Russian girls I get on with everyone as it happens on the ATP including Tursanov

What kind of food do you have to eat being a tennis player? - Love suchi eat it with my team nearly every night.

During the off season what did you do (except tennis)? - Love going back to Russia to see my family and friends

Sveta27, Australia

Whats your dream holiday destination ? - Moscow or Hawaaii

What do you like to do in your spare time ? - Chill out with my friends and family and listen to music

Whats's your greatest fear ? - To not live life to the full and to take all chances when they come to me

Whats your worst habit ? - Sleeping

Veronika - Valencia, Spain

What do you like more of living in Spain? - The food and the climate

I’ve heard you on tv talking a perfect spanish and I was amazed.How long did it took you to get to learn spanish and how did you learn it? - 1 year

Who are your favourite players? (men and women) - Roger federer is my all time great

Christine, USA

I know that your Mom, Dad, and brother are all cyclists, however of all the photos I've seen of you you're never on a bicycle!! (ha ha) When you go home do you guys ever get together and go for a ride? Will they play tennis with you??? - No never on a bike as its so dangerous for my tennis but they come and watch me sometimes but they don’t play that well so they just watch and learn

Hannah, Ireland

Do you plan to play doubles with Amelie Mauresmo for the rest of the year, or will you focus more on singles?

I will do a bit of both singles is very important for me but also doubles helps my singles so it’s a bit of both I guess

Which young player do you think will win their first Grand Slam over the coming years?

Not sure there are so many good players out there I think I am still young so perhaps me..hehhee

Yun, China

When you play different players like Justine Henin or Maria Sharapova, do you use a different strategy for each player you play?

I try to play my own game regardless I have a couple of different strategies for all my players that I play against

Svetlana, do you consider yourself a baseliner? or an attacking player? - I think I’m a little bit of both I want to be more aggressive that’s definitely true

Kuz4ever – Singapore

My question is will you ever play in the Singapore event in 2009? - Not sure yet let’s wait and see but I would like to for sure

Ainhoa - Madrid, Spain

When you lose a big match, how do you overcome a loss? - I speak with my coach and just relax and make sure I learn from the match

And how do you celebrate a big win? - I enjoy big dinner with my coach agent and friends