Some of the biggest stars of the WTA pay tribute to Olympic Gold Medallist Elena Dementieva after the Russian announced her retirement from professional tennis.
In the video, Vera and Victoria provide messages to Elena in Russian. The translations are below:
Vera:
Lenok, You’ve made such a huge contribution to Russian tennis, not just to tennis but to sports in Russia in general We will indeed miss you more than you know. I want to wish you luck in you’re the second chapter of your life and hope th