President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RFT) Shamil Tarpishchev In a conversation with , he supported the decision Elena Vesnin ended her career this season and stressed that she had done a lot for the development of Russian tennis.
On Monday, Vesnina and Ekaterina Alexandrova failed to qualify for the second round of the doubles competition at the Paris Games, losing to the representatives of the Czech Republic Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova – 6:2, 6:7 (5:7). , 6:10. After that, Vesnina announced that she would retire at the end of the current season.
– This is a completely correct decision, I support it. Lena participated in five Olympic Games and brought us Olympic gold and silver. She did a lot for the development of Russian tennis, “Tarpischev told .
Vesnina, who turns 38 on August 1, is a gold medalist at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in doubles with Ekaterina Makarova and a silver medalist at the Tokyo Games with Aslan Karatsev in mixed doubles.
The Paris Olympics will end on August 11.
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