MOSCOW, September 6 Member of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports Roman Teryushkov said that he would make a parliamentary inquiry about the amount of funds allocated for the development of tennis, after Daria Kasatkina's statement about insufficient support from the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF). Earlier, Kasatkina stated that the RTF provided her with little assistance until she was 18 years old, 90% of the expenses were covered by the parents. «In the interview, it was said that the state underfunds tennis. Well, I will make a parliamentary inquiry about the amount of funding by year at all levels of the budget (federal, regional, municipal) as for the development of a sport» tennis» and the construction and maintenance of infrastructure facilities. We will discuss such statements in detail,» Teryushkov wrote in the Telegram channel.
