Russian tennis players Alexander Shevchenko and Anastasia Potapova will announce at the North Palmyra Trophies tournament that they will become husband and wife, tournament general director Alexander Medvedev said.
The international tennis tournament will take place from December 1 to 3 in St. Petersburg.
— Tennis returns to St. Petersburg. We have changed the format, two teams will perform: “Lions” and “Sphinx”. Each team has six players and two captains. For three days, they will compete as a team: whoever scores the most points will win.
This year, the list of participants is larger than last year. Among the girls are Veronica Kudermetova, Anastasia Potapova, Jasmine Paolini, Diana Schneider. Among men – Karen Khachanov, Adrian Mannarino, Roberto Bautista Agut. The teams are approximately equal in strength.
We are expecting a new married couple. Shevchenko and Potapova decided to announce during the tournament that they were becoming husband and wife.
It is not so easy to get to St. Petersburg, athletes pass through Istanbul. We are proud that high quality athletes will participate in the tournament. We are convinced that sport is designed to bring people together, build bridges and not destroy ties between states. “We consider this tournament as an event of sports diplomacy and a return to the principles of the Olympic Charter,” reports the correspondent of , reporting Medvedev’s words.
Source : MatchTV
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