“Dziuba hasn’t finished his football career yet, so we’re not calling tennis yet” – Bulykin

Former Russian national team striker Artem Dziuba will be able to play tennis regularly when his football career ends, but not before, the ex-Lokomotiv, Bayer and national team striker has told Dmitry Bulykin .

To “MatchTV” interview Winner of Roland Garros Anastasia Myskina She said that Dzyuba and Bulykin were playing tennis at a very good level.

– I play often, at a good level, three times a week. We often play with (Eugene) Aldonine one-on-one, and also paired with him in tournaments, Bulykin confirmed to a correspondent. – We also have different partners, a professional girl and another amateur. I really like tennis, my coach is my sister, a former tennis player, so the level is not bad and I really win quite often.

– Myskina says it would be interesting to see your fight with Dziuba, who also seems to be playing well. Didn’t you think?

We haven’t played with him yet. Dzyuba’s football career is not over yet, he is unlikely to think about tennis, and then we will see. So while we play with Aldonin. He’s also left-handed, so we’re so strong in a pair that a lot of people lose to us, even serious tennis players.

– Perhaps it would be wise to organize a tournament between former footballers, since there are so many of you in tennis?

– I know that there are really a lot of athletes. In particular, Ilya Kovalchuk , we met at the tournament, we hit each other. In general, many hockey players try to play tennis, many succeed. It would be interesting to organize such a tournament – “football against hockey”. Tennis is an interesting individual sport that is completely different from team sports. Maybe that’s what attracts us. Many players are involved now, but those who are free could play.