Tennis
Chesnokov: “The tournament in Astana corresponds to the Grand Slam level. There are such players – my dear mother!
Daniil Medvedev / Photo: © Richard Callis via www.imago-ima / www.imago-images.de / Global Look Press
The semi-finalist of Roland Garros in 1989 Andrey Chesnokov said that the ATP 500 tournament in Astana corresponds to the level of the Grand Slam tournament in terms of the composition of tennis players, and also assessed the chances of Russian tennis players for the trophy.
The fourth racket of the world Daniil Medvedev in the first round will play with the Spaniard Albert Ramos-Viñolas. Andrey Rublev’s rivals in the second round will be Chinese Zhang Chichen, who defeated Russian Aslan Karatsev at the start of the tournament.
— This tournament in Kazakhstan is somehow unrealistic. The level of the Grand Slam tournament, if you remove the first 2–3 rounds from it. It’s unbelievable what’s going on. There are such players – dear mother! In this tournament, any tennis player can do something. I cannot say that Rublev has no chance to win the tournament. He has a chance, but not as big as Djokovic, who got hot and won the tournament (in Tel Aviv).
Medvedev’s chances? Let’s see how he plays the match. The last match with Wawrinka he played poorly.
Another defeat of Karatsev? He lost confidence. And it comes with victories,” Chesnokov told the Championship.
Source: Sportbox
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