Champions Corner: California Dreamin' with Elena Vesnina by WTA Insider Podcast published on 2017-03-21T06:55:08Z It's going to take some time for Elena Vesnina to stop smiling. The 30-year-old from Sochi lifted the biggest title of her career on Sunday, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-7(6), 7-5, 6-4 to win the BNP Paribas Open. Vesnina's ranking slipped outside the Top 100 last year and she lost in the first round of qualifying to Julia Boserup. A year on, she can't believe she had her hands on the trophy. It's been an incredible 12 months for Vesnina, who made the Charleston final, Wimbledon semifinals, won Olympic gold in doubles, and the WTA Finals with Ekaterina Makarova. Vesnina sat down with Courtney Nguyen after her 'miracle' in the desert and breaks down her incredible week in Indian Wells. Genre Sports