The Ukrainian tennis player showed his attitude towards athletes from the aggressor country.
Ilya Marchenko started with a victory at the Challenger tennis tournament in Segovia, Spain. The rival of the Ukrainian tennis player in the first round of the competition was the Russian representative Andrey Kuznetsov.
In a tough three-set match, which lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes, our athlete was stronger 6:7, 6:1, 6:3. In the meeting, Marchenko served eight aces, committed eight double faults and converted seven of 12 break points.
Note that after the game, the Ukrainian tennis player did not shake hands with the Russian. Ilya immediately went to the judge, thanked him and went to his things.
Segovia. Challenger. 1/16 finals
Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) – Ilya Marchenko (Ukraine) – 7:6, 1:6, 3:6
In the next round of the tournament, Marchenko will face Zimbabwean representative Benjamin Lok.
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Source: korrespondent
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