I wanted to be a soccer player but my mother forced me to quit because she thought it was a dangerous sport after I got injured,
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I knew I wouldn't be allowed to succeed, so I decided to quit. Besides, at the time Soviet leaders considered tennis a bourgeois sport and we were not allowed to travel to the West and play against the best.Shamil Tarpishchev
We have had some great battles with the French over the last few years and I'm sure our next match will be just as tough.
Shamil Tarpishchev
We met on the beach and I offered him a game of tennis. He refused at first but when I offered to play doubles together, he agreed. You know the rest. Meeting Yeltsin simply changed not only my life but also had a profound effect on Russian tennis.
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It was a very difficult time for me.
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Well, Lundgren proved me wrong but I'm not bitter. I'm very happy for both Marat and Peter.
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Unfortunately, Marat is still not fully recovered from his injury, but I'm sure that he will join us in the next round if we beat the Dutch.
Shamil Tarpishchev
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