Tennis has always played the major part of Nataliya’s life! When Nataliya started playing tennis at an early age, she realized that this sport is absolutely for people like her: disciplined, motivated, goal-oriented, and driven individuals.  Thankfully to her parents, Nataliya got an opportunity to be trained by the most recognized coaches in Moscow, who were coaches of the Russian national teams and top players. Having an exposure to the elite tennis and professional training, Nataliya developed a strong understanding of the major requirements for becoming an excellent athlete.

From playing professional tournaments and being on the path of becoming a top player, Nataliya was recruited to play for an NCAA D1 tennis team. In May of 2016 she graduated from University of Delaware, where she was a leading singles and doubles player while she was getting two degrees with honors in four years (B.S. in Applied Econometrics and B.A. in International Relations). At the University of Delaware, Nataliya led the team to obtain the national ranking (for the first time in the history) as well as won many invitational tournaments, including a doubles championship at the U.S. Open for collegiate players.

During professional tennis career Nataliya won multiple singles and doubles national and international tournaments, which helped her to develop a well established balance of competitive skills and mental toughness.