May 4th 2008: Congrats to Vera!!! Today she won the final of the ECM Prague Open as she defeated Victoria Azarenk with a 7-6, 6-2 win!! "It was a tough match. She is a tough young player and it was really close, especially the first set. We both had our chances in that set but I was able to pull it out. It felt great to get through such a tough match."

May 3rd 2008: Vera advanced to the final in Prague today as she defeated Katerina Srebotnik in 2 sets, a 6-2, 6-4 win! In the final, she will face Victoria Azarenka.

May 2nd 2008: Vera was in action today, she won 6-1, 6-2 against Roberta Vinci in the quarterfinals today in Prague, she will now face either Katerina Srebotnik or Iveta Benesova.

May 1st 2008: Vera was scheduled to play today against Magdalena Rybarikova but her opponent retired so Vera advances to the quarterfinals where she will now face Roberta Vinci.

April 29th 2008; Good news as Vera won her match today in the Prague, as she defeated Czeck Republic's Lucie Hradecka with a 6-2, 6-3 win, she will now face Magdalena Rybarikova.

April 27th 2008: Congrats to Vera and to the Russian team:) Today, she put her team in the final as she defeated Vania King 4-6, 6-3, 6-2!! Russia will face Spain (who defeated China 4-1) in the final! More details soon...

April 26th 2008: Good news for Vera and the Fed Cup team as they took a 2-0 lead in this weekend's semifinal against USA. Anna Chakvetadeze defeated Vania King 6-4, 7-5 and Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Asha Rolle 6-2, 6-1!!! It's looking good!

April 21st 2008: Congrats to Vera, she advanced to #14 in the rankings, her best ranking since 2005!!!

April 20th 2008: Vera's tournament unfortunately ended with a loss, she ended up losing today's singles final, a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 loss to Serena Williams...

April 20th 2008: Good news as Vera won her match today in the Charleston as she defeated Russia's Elena Dementieva with a 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 win, she will now face Serena Williams.

April 20th 2008: Good news as Vera won her match today in the Charleston as she defeated Serbia's Jelena Jankovic with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win, she will now face Elena Dementieva.

April 17th 2008: Good news as Vera won her match today in the Charleston as she defeated France's Marion Bartol with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 win, she will now face Jelena Jankovic

April 16th 2008: Good news as Vera won her match today in the Charleston as she defeated Virginia Ruano-Pascual with a 6-1, 6-0 win, she will now face Marion Bartoli.

April 15th 2008: Good news as Vera won her match today in the Charleston as she defeated Chia-Jung Chuan with a 6-2, 6-2 win, she will now face Virginia Ruano-Pascual or Olga Poutchkova.

April 3rd 2008: Vera's run is now over, she was defeated by Jelena Jankovi today in Miami, a 6-4, 6-1 loss...