Russians...always The best

the russians are always the best, especialy in sport: Maria Sharapova, former n°1 and 3 times Grand Slam winner (Wimbeldon 2004, US Open 2006, Australian Open 2008) has capitalised on her sporting ability and good looks to become the world's highest-paid female athlete.

and there is of course Marat Safin, first and youngest russian n°1 in the world, 2 times Grand Slam winner (US Open 2000, Australian Open 2005) and 2 times Davis Cup winner (2002, 2006 with Russia).

Marat is not the only champion in the Safin family, there is also his little sister "Dinara Safina" currently n°1 in the world and silver medal winner in Beijing 2008.

we can also talk about the other russian tennis player:

Elena Dementiva: olympic champion in beijing 2008, silver medal winner in Athene 2004 and currently top 10 player.

Anastasia Myskina: Roland Garros winner in 2004.

Kuznetsova: 2 times Grand Slam winner (US Open 2004, Roland Garros 2009).

Nadia Petrova, Vera Zvonareva, Anna Chakvetadze: former top 10 players.

The russian Fed and Davis Cup team (Fed for women, Davis for men) have won the cup 9 times this 10 last years, 2 with mens and 7 with womens.

РОССИЯ, Я любю тебя!!

Russia is a big part of my life, I'm like completly captivated, I just don't know how it can be possible to have so much admiration not to a person but to a country!! for me Russia is the best! the most powerful, the most beautiful, the most everything...

But at the same time, it's true. Russia has always been a country with a lot of history, glory and pride.

its cities are so wonderful and its monuments remind its long history full of victories and glory.

When you see all those pictures, don't you just wanna go out there? I mean, that's the feeling I have when I look at the pictures.