DOHA: Yevgeny Kafelnikov, the former world number one who abandoned retirement plans after helping Russia to win the Davis Cup for the first time, may be regretting having changed his mind.
On Tuesday, Kafelnikov’s first match since the triumph in Paris six weeks ago brought him a straight sets defeat in the first round of the US$1 million Qatar Open against a player to whom he had never previously lost.
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