Athletistic / Tennis. Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Oleg Matytsin commented on the statements of Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Roman Teryushkov. Earlier, he called the world’s first racket Daniil Medvedev “a French tennis player of Russian origin”. He also criticized Daria Kasatkina, who called on young Russian athletes to change nationality.

Teryushkov: “After Medvedev removed the flag from Russia, it became uninteresting for me and the people of our country”

“Kasatkina and Medvedev are seen by international audiences as representatives of Russia. They are moving forward. The whole community accepts the possibility of their participation and their rewards – this is proof that the world is not unipolar.

The professional point of view prevails, no matter how they are evaluated by the individual citizens of our country. We ourselves shouldn’t politicize sport if we demand the same from the global community,” RIA quotes Matytsyn. “New”.