2000 Olympic silver medalist Elena Dementieva has earned another chance to take her Olympic dream one step further.
Dementieva and Anna Chakvetadze were named on Wednesday to Russia’s 2008 Olympic squad by team captain Shamil Tarpischev.
Tarpischev announced last month that Svetlana Kuznetsova and Maria Sharapova would also represent Russia in Beijing.
According to the Kommersant, Tarpischev has said that this will be his roster, barring any unforseen circumstances. He has also tapped Dinara Safina and Vera Zvonareva for one doubles team, and is expected to partner Svetlana Kuznetsova with either Dementieva or Chakvetadze.
too bad for vera. she’s on her way to stealing the last singles slot from either chaksters or elena. tarpi just couldnt wait. tsk tsk..
[...] team captain Shamil Tarpischev announced his tentative squad last month, but Chakvetadze recently asked to have her name removed from the team [...]