On 18-19 June, Vnukovo Sports Club in Moscow will host the first tennis tournament as part of the Strong Figures international intellectual sports festival. This tournament needs no introduction; Since 2019, golf, curling golf and chess competitions have been held across the country. The organizing committee of the festival is chaired by First Vice-President of the State Duma, Alexander Zhukov, and not only professional athletes in these sports, but also famous Olympic champions participate in the tournaments. This year’s ambassadors of the festival are Maria Kiseleva, Sofia Velikaya, Sergey Karyakin, Irina Slutskaya, Elena Vesnina and Yana Batyrshina.

The festival program includes a tennis tournament among tennis professionals and amateurs, well-known statesmen, as well as children. The main “feature” of all sports competitions held within the framework of the festival is the Pro-Am format, where a professional plays side by side with an amateur. This time, nine couples will play in the main tournament and Anastasia Myskina, Elena Vesnina, Ekaterina Makarova and Nadezhda Petrova have already confirmed their participation. The Olympic champion in speed skating among amateurs, State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova will definitely play.

“We are really looking forward to this tournament,” says director Maria Goloviznina. “Good venue, convenient location, interesting format. I’m glad “Strong Figures” is coming to tennis, good and representative events are worth the price here. With such a cast, we can compete with well-known exhibition tournaments abroad.”

The ambassador of the festival, Olympic champion Elena Vesnina, not only participates in the tournament as an actress, but also actively promotes the values ​​​​of the festival: “I am very impressed by this sporting movement. In the presence of all the necessary qualities of a good and favorable event. I will meet golf at the end of this year. Many professional tennis players come to this sport at the end of their careers. Who knows, maybe it will connect me too?

The general partner of the festival is Russian Railways. The festival is supported by the Russian Ministry of Sports, the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the GlavUpDK affiliated to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Russian Tourism Industry Association and charities. Growing Together” and “Under the Flag of Good!”, Russian Chess Federation.

Festival partners Yandex, Yandex Ultima Go, S8Capital, Stoloto, Damate, Sima-Land, Askona, Take& Shot.

Sponsors of the event — Fanagoria, Vnukovo Country Club, Vnukovo Outlet Village, Novaya Riga Outlet Village, Vnukovo Sport Club, Dmitrov Resort, Excellance Moscow, Gallery, Chamovskikh, Kovtun& Simanovskaya, Julius Meinl, Kasaa, RRCC, Multibar, Vostok-Media, Rasvero, Kasa world, Rosa Khutor ski resort, Chaika and Lastochka restaurants, Renna group of companies.

Media partners of the festival — Russia, MATCH! , RIA Novosti, ITAR-TASS, Sport24, Evening Moscow, Moscow 24, channel 360, Gudok Publishing House, RZD TV, TV BRICS, Radio 1, First Sports Radio, Russia Today, Crocus Media.