Nadejda Guskova

Nadejda Guskova (Also spelled Nadezda or Nadezhda Guskova.) singer, philanthropist and journalist.

At the age of 16, she graduated from High School No. 2 (Ramensky, Russia) and was accepted at the MGAFK (Moscow State Academy of Physical Education), where she studied through distance learning program.

Tennis career Nadejda started playing tennis at the age of five. Her first coach was Sergei Koschienko. During summer months, she trained at the "Meteor" stadium in Zhukovsky, and in the hall of the Sports School during winter months.

Guskova won two singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 28 February 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 301. On 6 June 2011, she peaked at No. 249 in the WTA doubles rankings.

In 2008, she won an ITF singles title and reached the final in doubles at the Prince Cup, among juniors in Miami, Florida.

In September 2009, she sustained a serious injury and was unable, temporarily, to play tournaments.

In August 2010, Guskova for the first time became the winner of an ITF tournament in singles, at St. Petersburg, and in December, she won another ITF title in Havana, Cuba. From 2010 to 2012, she was coached by Lina Krasnoroutskaya.

Guskova made her WTA Tour debut at the 2010 Tashkent Open, defeating Ekaterina Dzehalevich, Maria Kondratieva and Tatiana Poutchek in the qualifying tournament. In the main draw, she defeated Olga Savchuk in straight sets.

In 2010, at the Russian Tennis Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, she became double champion: in singles, beating second-seeded Ekaterina Ivanova in the final with a score of 6–4, 6–2, and in doubles with Maria Zharkova. In mixed-doubles competition (paired with Andrey Levin), she reached the final, but after sustaining a serious injury, was forced to retire.

Guskova retired from professional tennis 2012.

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (2 titles) Legend$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (1–0) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 22 August 2010 ITF St. Petersburg, Russia Clay Anna Arina Marenko 6–2, 7–6(5)Win 2. 6 December 2010 ITF Havana, Cuba Hard Misleydis Díaz González 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups) Legend$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (4–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 30 June 2008 ITF Cremona, Italy Clay Elena Kulikova Benedetta Davato Lisa Sabino 6–4, 6–1Win 2. 2 August 2010 ITF Moscow, Russia Clay Valeria Solovyeva Teodora Mirčić Marija Mirkovic 7–6(5), 6–3Win 3. 6 September 2010 ITF Denain, France Clay Maryna Zanevska Evelyn Mayr Julia Mayr 6–2, 6–0Loss 1. 6 December 2010 ITF Havana, Cuba Hard Jennifer Allan Misleydis Díaz González Yamile Fors Guerra 1–6, 2–6Loss 2. 13 February 2011 ITF Rancho Mirage, United States Hard Sandra Zaniewska Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková 7–6(6), 1–6, [5–10]Win 4. 16 May 2011 ITF Moscow, Russia Clay Valeria Solovyeva Justyna Jegiołka Veronika Kapshay 6–3, 7–6(2)Loss 3. 15 January 2012 ITF Innisbrook, United States Clay Gioia Barbieri Darya Kustova Raluca Olaru 3–6, 1–6

Music career After being forced to leave the Tennis Pro league due to her shoulder injury, Guskova devoted herself to her musical career.

In June 2014, a video clip for the song "Make Me Feel" was filmed by the clip maker Aslan Ahmadov. On 28 April 2016, the debut album Time was released, which includes 12 songs.

On 1 September 2017, Guskova performed the song "Time" at the Kremlin. Other songs of hers – "Fly Away" , "Angel", "In the Clouds" , "Macho", and "Do Not Rush" – were included in a soundtrack for the TV show The Street on TNT channel.

On 26 November 2017, the video clip for the song "Somewhere Out There" was released. It was trending on YouTube for two consecutive days and climbed to number one in charts.

On 24 March 2019, as part of Moscow Fashion Week, Guskova presented the album "Our Hearts" at the fashion show of Russian designer Eleonora Amosova.

On 6 August 2019, the single "Mad About You" was released.

On 10 January 2020, in honour of her birthday, she released the single "A Lot of Noise" .

Discography Albums

Singles DateTitleOther ArtistsRef2013"Dreams Come True"ft. DJ Groove January 2014"Fly Away"ft. Mira March 2015"Time" October 2015"Macho" April 2016"Do Not Rush" March 2016"Papa" December 2016"In the Clouds" June 2017"Somewhere Out There" October 2018"Beware, This Is Love" August 2019"Mad About You"

Music videos Date Title Link 15 April 2014 "Dreams Come True" (ft. DJ Groove) 27 December 2016 "In the Clouds" specializing in TV presenter from the First National School of Television of RSU A.N. Kosygin. She had an internship as a correspondent from 2 to 22 July 2018, in the Directorate of Information Broadcasting "MIC Izvestia". Her first interview was for the newspaper “Rublevka’s Life” with the famous volleyball player Alexander Markin. City of Good , Unlimited Reality , Festival of Good , Unlimited Opportunities , Children's Day , First Day of School, Action from Heart to Heart , Text of Good , along with many others.

In November 2018, Guskova became an ambassador of the brand "Eleonora Amosova". A strong friendship between the singer and the designer has developed into a close partnership, Nadezda regularly appears at the shows, both, as a model and a VIP guest.