But we won't go out without a fight. |
I don't think there is a problem between any of our players. Anything that was said about it, has been greatly exaggerated by the press. |
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. |
I saw Marat yesterday and he looked fine. He said the injury has fully healed and he was ready to resume playing. |
I took up tennis only because we were allowed to play soccer after our regular training. |
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, |
I was considered the bad boy of Soviet tennis, |
It was a very difficult time for me. |
It'll be at least another month and a half before he can resume playing. |
Tennis has never been so popular here. |
This Belgian sports minister has broken every ethical rule in the book by naming a player without any proof of wrongdoing, without any basic evidence. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
We'll take all five players to France and then I'll choose the best four just before the draw. |