15.07.2013  14:28

Universiade bronze medallist in the tennis singles, Russian Konstantin Kravchuk admits defeat in his semifinal game to South Korean Yongkyu Lim.

Antso Rakotondramanga made it to the final of the Universiade tennis tournament.

The Universiade bronze medallist in tennis in the women's single Hiroko Kuwata claimed that she met with stronger resistance from American Sabrina Santamaria than from Russian Margarita Gasparyan.

The American Sabrina Santamaria reached the women’s single final of the Universiade tennis tournament

On July 15 at the 27th Summer University Games in Kazan, tennis tournament matches will continue.

Universiade bronze medallist in the mixed doubles event Lisa Sabino of Switzerland has stated that she never expected that she would be competing with professional players at the tournament in Kazan.

Andrey Kuznetsov says that the Swiss Patrick Eichenberger and Lisa Sabino did not represent much of a threat for him and Elena Vesnina in the semifinals of the Universiade in mixed doubles.

The Russian player Victor Baluda, who took part in the men’s doubles event of the tennis tournament in duo with Konstantin Kravchuk, considers the victory over the Belarusian duo Aliaksandr Bury and Andrei Vasilevski to be a perfect result.

Bronze prize winner of Universiade tennis doubles competitions Darya Lebesheva from Belarus said that the oppressive weather had sometimes kept her from doing better in Kazan.

Elena Vesnina, who together with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova presents Russia in the Universiade tennis tournament in the women's doubles, states to journalists that she came to Universiade with unhealed injury.