Former world number nine Andrei Chesnokov said in an interview with that he was open to proposals to create a tennis academy.
Chesnokov ended his career in 2000. The Russian is the owner of two Masters tournament titles in Monte Carlo (1990) and Montreal (1991). With the Russian national team he became a Davis Cup silver medalist in 1995.
— A long time ago, you said that you wanted to create your own tennis academy. Have you given up on this idea?
– No, I’m still interested. It takes a lot of strength and people who will also be passionate about this idea. I visited many tennis courts in Moscow. We have a phenomenal tennis fan – Arkady Lifshits, who created his own school in Skolkovo. All its rooms are full. I see that tennis is developing in Russia, but it seems that it is too late for me to open my own academy.
— If you create an academy, will it be in Russia or in France?
— You know, on the Côte d’Azur, you can play tennis all year round. Former world number five Jo-Wilfried Tsonga opened his academy here, and there is a school for Patrick Mouratoglou.
Where to open an academy in Russia? There is no more space in Moscow, and if there is, then you can travel five kilometers for an hour in traffic jams, especially in winter. There was a time when I was an incredible tennis fan and didn’t notice how long it took me to get to the courts. I went by bus, then by metro, then by bus again to school. And the same in return. I spent six months on the road.
If there are proposals to create an academy, I will study them, but I doubt they will come. We need millions of euros to open a school, but I am the only one who does not have this money,” Chesnokov told .
Source : MatchTV
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