Can reborn Vera Zvonareva slam the opposition at Roland Garros?

"No-one has reached more finals this year than Vera Zvonareva." That sentence came straight from the WTA's write-up of Zvonareva's victory in Prague, and it has a message for the rest of the WTA Tour: Vera is back.

Following her win in Prague, the sixth of her career, Zvonareva kept herself inside the top 16 in the rankings (a fourth-round seeding in Paris). It's a big step for a girl who struggled to get through matches without crying just less than two years ago.

At the beginning of 2006, Zvonareva hit ultimate bottom in a first-round loss to Martina Hingis at the Australian Open. Hingis was jump starting her comeback while Zvonareva couldn't be falling faster. The Russian fought back tears for much of the embarrassing loss, winning just three games in the match. It was the lowest of lows for the former Top 10 player (number nine in September 2004).

Last year, however, Zvonareva began a comeback that she's continued into 2008. She posted a 30-14 record while recovering from various injuries.