Tarpishchev – about Sobolenko’s victory: “The results of Belarusian and Ukrainian tennis players are the work of the Soviet school”

Down-the-line.com / Boxing. Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) chief Shamil Tarpishchev has shared his opinion on Belarusian tennis player Arina Sobolenko’s victory at the Australian Open. In the final of the Grand Slam tournament, she defeated Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan.

“The most pleasant thing is that the results of Belarusian and Ukrainian athletes are the result of the work of the Soviet school.

Rybakina turned to Sobolenko after losing Australian Open final

When a few years ago in Minsk there was a match between Belarus and the USA in the Fed Cup, Alexander Lukashenko asked to pay attention to Arina Sabolenko, while she was serving. He said she should win the Grand Slam. I accepted, and he was right,” Tarpishchev said, as quoted by RIA Novosti.