1. Nadia Podoroska was born on 10 February 1997, in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, and grew up in a middle-class family in Fisherton, a neighborhood founded in the late 1880s by railroad workers.
14 Facts About Nadia Podoroska
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Nadia Podoroska is one of three children born to father Marcelo and mother Irene; she is of Ukrainian descent as her grandparents were Ukrainian, but she does not speak the language at all.
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Nadia Podoroska's father was a watchmaker by profession who over the years became a pharmacist, and her mother is a pharmacist.
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Nadia Podoroska was the first in her family to play tennis, a sport that she began practicing at the Fisherton Athletic Club at age five.
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Nadia Podoroska added Pedro Merani to her team, with whom she performs mental training based on bompu zen and neuroscience, an aspect that she considered important to change her attitude towards tennis and its matches.
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Nadia Podoroska was named the WTA Newcomer of the Year for her rankings achievement and her solid performance throughout the season.
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Nadia Podoroska continued her good form when she reached the quarterfinals of the Yarra Valley Classic by defeating fourth-seeded Petra Kvitova.
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At the French Open, Nadia Podoroska lost in the first round to tenth seed Belinda Bencic but reached the semifinals in doubles, partnering with Irina-Camelia Begu for the first time.
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Nadia Podoroska returned to competition in June 2022 after ten months of inactivity to participate in the Wimbledon qualifying, and reached the second round.
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Nadia Podoroska reached the second round in three of the four Grand Slams except for the 2023 US Open where she lost to Zheng Qinwen in the first round.
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Nadia Podoroska reached the third round of a WTA 1000 for the second time in the season at the 2024 China Open, defeating wildcard Ren Yufei and 25th seed Dayana Yastremska.
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Nadia Podoroska became the first Argentine woman to reach the round of 16 in Olympic tennis in the 21st century in singles.
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In 2022, Nadia Podoroska came out as a lesbian, posting her pictures on Instagram with her girlfriend, fellow Argentine tennis player, Guillermina Naya.
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Nadia Podoroska confirmed their relationship in an interview with ClayTenis.