MOSCOW, August 8, Vasily Bogdanov. President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) Shamil Tarpishchev, in a conversation with, stood up for the first racket of Russia, Daniil Medvedev, who was criticized by Roman Teryushkov, a member of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports. Teryushkov called Medvedev «a French tennis player of Russian origin» in his Telegram channel. He also said that tennis in Russia cannot be the leading sport.
