Like the moderately well known existentialist philosopher, Lev Shestov, Alyona is Ukrainian

What do you mean you’ve never heard of this girl? She’s the nineteenth best woman’s tennis player in the world! Not only that, she’s an absolute whizz at doubles, having won the Australian Open with her little sister, Kateryna.

When she’s not out on court lashing and the ball and squealing, she’s described as a “spokesperson” for trainer giants K-Swiss - which presumably means that she walks the earth preaching about footwear.

In an interesting aside, the great actor Jack Palance (below) was also from the Ukraine. His birth name was Volodymyr Palahnyuk. Who knew?