KAZAN, June 12, Adelya Ziatdinova. Presence of three Russian athletes in the top 10 ranking of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) indicates that Russia is the strongest in this sport, said the President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) Shamil Tarpishchev.
In the updated ATP rating Russian Karen Khachanov has risen to tenth place. Also in the top ten are Daniil Medvedev (in third place) and Andrey Rublev (in seventh place).
«»This should not be called a breakthrough, we had a lot of breakthroughs. We also had four women in the 2000s. For men's tennis, this is the best result. Probably, today we are really the strongest in the world in all respects. This is an achievement high due to the fact that 211 countries play tennis, and we have three in the top ten,» Tarpishchev said.