Tennis: Healthy competition key to Russian success, says Kafelnikov


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 18 Jul 2020

FILE PHOTO: Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia speaks as he is inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, U.S., July 20, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

(Reuters) - Russians Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov are ranked in the top 15 of men's ATP Tour and the healthy competition between among the trio is helping them excel, according to their compatriot and former world number one Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

The 24-year-old Medvedev is the oldest of the three and ranked the highest at fifth, while Rublev, 22, is world number 14. Khachanov is a year older than Rublev and placed a spot below in the rankings.

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