Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov told that he was happy to come to St. Petersburg and play for the local fans in the North Palmyra Trophies exhibition tournament.
The Northern Palmyra Trophies tournament was held in St. Petersburg from November 29 to December 1.
The Lions team won the final victory of the tournament, defeating the Sphinx team with a score of 116: 111. Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut, Russians Karen Khachanov, Anastasia Potapova, Bulgarian representative Victoria Tomova, Serbian Dusan Lajovic, as well as Elena Vesnina and Mansour Barrami, who entered the competition with legendary status, played for Lviv. Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, Russian Diana Schneider, Spaniard Pedro Martinez, Yulia Putintseva and Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan, Anastasia Myskina and Nikolay Davydenko played for the Sphinxes.
— Share your thoughts on the tournament. How nice is it to be in Russia?
– Really cool. I came to this tournament last year. You can clearly see how much people love it. The stadium was packed, which was very nice. In current realities, there are no tournaments in Russia, we can only organize exhibition tournaments. It’s good that you can come and please Russian fans in this way,” Khachanov told .
Official international tennis tournaments under the auspices of the ATP, WTA and ITF are not held in Russia due to the situation in Ukraine.
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