<p>Liudmila Samsonova is a Russian tennis ace born on November 11 1998, in Olenegorsk, Murmansk, Russia. After a year, she moved with her family to Italy, where she grew up. However, before turning to play for Russia, she represented Italy from 2014 to 2018.</p>
<p>As of August 2021, she holds the WTA world singles rank of 51. But her doubles ranking stood at 666 globally in August 2017.</p>
<h2><strong>Tennis Influences</strong></h2>
<p>Liudmila’s dad Dmitry Samsonova was a table tennis player. At a very young age, he asked her to play either lawn tennis or table tennis like him. Little Liudmila chose tennis and started playing it. </p>
<p>At the age of six, she entered the tennis academy of Riccardo Piatti in Sanremo, Italy. Since her upbringing was in Italy, she played for the Italian national team till 2018. However, she started experiencing too much pressure while competing for this team. </p>
<p>Also, she lacked Italian citizenship and had to face several difficulties to obtain it. Hence, she decided to opt to represent Russia, wherein she has the freedom to play for herself. </p>
<h2><strong>Hobbies and Interests of Samsonova</strong></h2>
<p>Liudmila is absolutely fond of music. She loves to play and listen to music during her free time. You can check out some of her interesting personal life pictures on her Instagram. </p>
<p>This young diva is currently dating another tennis star, Alessandro. Not much is known about the couple. However, she did post a cute picture of them together on Insta, revealing her current status to her fans.</p>

Anna Kalinskaya	vs	Varvara Lepchenko
38	Ranking	285
26 yr	Age	38 yr
170 cm	Height	180 cm
N/A	Weight	72 kg
Right	Hand	Left
1343	Points	257

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