“Kazakhstan is picking up everything it can from Russia” – Kamelzon on the change of citizenship by Russian tennis players

Honored coach of Russia, board member of the Russian Tennis Federation Vladimir Kamelzon did not condemn the change of sports citizenship by Russian tennis player Alexander Shevchenko, but admitted that he had a negative attitude towards such players.

Shevchenko has been performing at a professional level since 2018. Now the 21-year-old Russian represents the Tennis Federation of Kazakhstan. Now in the ATP rankings, he takes 149th place.

– Firstly, I don’t know this tennis player, so I can’t say anything specifically about him. You can’t comment when you don’t know the person. Whether this is good or bad is up to the individual to decide. One goes to the military registration and enlistment office and wants to defend the Motherland, the other is running somewhere. Now this is the situation.

Kazakhstan picks up everything it can from Russia. They have a very strong federation. They thus, thanks to us, have earned the champion of Wimbledon.

Maybe Shevchenko is capable, and in the future he will be able to play somewhere. I can’t take his side or against him. Now many are changing citizenship, we do not know the reasons why he did it. You need to know his situation.

Is it good or bad? Here I can only express my own opinion: everyone we train, who plays with us and goes to a foreign country – I have the most negative attitude towards such players. Even if the tennis player becomes the second Djokovic. This is exactly my opinion. I repeat, this is the choice of everyone, – said Kamelzon Vprognoze.ru.

Wimbledon 2022 won by Kazakh tennis player Elena Rybakina. She became the first native of Moscow to win this tournament.