Athletistic/Tennis. The bronze medalist of the 2008 Beijing (China) Olympic Games, Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva, shared her opinion on the mixed doubles game.
“Sometimes I play mixed, but I don’t know, we’ll see. If the opportunity presents itself, I’ll get involved with someone. I love mixing, it’s a particular format. But we have a rare opportunity to play it. Many singles players do not play doubles or mixed doubles. Due to the five-set format, it is difficult for guys to participate in Grand Slam tournaments – after all, playing matches additional is not easy.
Who impresses me? I still support the Russians. Sometimes they call Andrei Rublev because they think it’s easy to get along with him? It seems to me that this is indeed the case. Andrey is a very kind person. I think it’s always very comfortable to play with him,” Zvonarevau quotes in the Championship.
Andrei Rublev, partnered with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, won the mixed doubles gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo (Japan). Vera Zvonareva now specializes more not in singles, but in doubles. His partner is the German Laura Siegemund.
Source: Sport
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