in Kremlin Cup losing to Amélie Mauresmo. After qualifying for the Ladies Linz, Vesnina got past the first round of the main draw against world No. 16, Daniela Hantuchová, after the Slovak retired. World No. 12, Jelena Janković, awaited her in round two, and it was Janković who emerged victorious. In her last tournament at Gaz de France Stars, she retired against Kirsten Flipkens. Vesnina finished the year still ranked 44th in the world, up 67 places year-on-year. 2007 In her first tournament of the year at the MAW Hardcourts, Vesnina reached the quarterfinals losing to Italian Tathiana Garbin. The following week, at the Hobart International, she lost to Medina Garrigues in the first round. At the Australian Open, she avenged that loss in the first round, but lost in the second to Maria Elena Camerin, in a very close three-set match. Following the Australian Open, then proceeded to suffer a string of disappointing first-round exits over the remainder of the winter season, including at the Pan Pacific Open and at Dubai, losing seven straight matches in a row. Her losing streak ended in the hands of Urszula Radwańska in the first round of the J&S Cup, but she lost in the next to Jelena Janković. At the German Open a week later, she suffered a heavy loss by 65th-ranked Spaniard Lourdes Domínguez Lino in the first round. In her next main-draw appearance, Vesnina reached the quarterfinals at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, she lost to Marion Bartoli. At the French Open, she was drawn against No. 1 seed and eventual champion Justine Henin in the first round, and lost. The following week, at the Rosmalen Open, she got through as a qualifier but lost in the second round to Angelique Kerber. Entering Wimbledon Championships world-ranked 67th in July, she had successive wins over fellow-Russian world No. 32, Olga Puchkova, in the first round and world No. 43, Émilie Loit, in the second, before losing once again to top-seed and eventual semifinalist Justine Henin, in the third round. Following Wimbledon she competed at the Cincinnati Open where she reached the quarterfinals losing to eventual champion and compatriot Anna Chakvetadze, until retiring. At the Nordic Light Open, Vesnina defeated world No. 109, Sofia Arvidsson, in straight sets in the first round, but then lost to fast-rising teenager Caroline Wozniacki, in the second. She then competed in the last tournament before the US