Kafelnikov: ‘Kids Want To Be Like Medvedev, Rublev Or Khachanov’
Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin are Russian heroes. They were the first men from their country to win a Grand Slam and reach World No. 1. But according to Kafelnikov, times are changing… in a good way. “If you go to the tennis clubs where juniors are participating, they don’t want to be like Kafelnikov or Safin anymore,” Kafelnikov said. “They want to be like Medvedev or Rublev or Khachanov. That’s logical. It’s a good thing for them to follow someone and try to be like those three guys.” Third seed Daniil Medvedev and 10th seed Andrey Rublev are into the fourth round at the US Open...
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