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The Russian team is the runner-up of the ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championship 2015
Monday, 20 July 2015 11:33

The Russian team is the runner-up of the ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championship 2015

The ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championship 2015 finished on the court of the Beach Sports Centre ‘Dynamo’ on Vodniy Stadion. The Russian team played against the strongest team in the world – Italy.

Dmitriy Vikharev, the RTF Vice-President told the press-service: ‘The number of participants has grown a lot this year (28 teams in the draw). Next year we would like to organize the World Team Championship here and the junior event at the National Tennis Centre. Let’s call the final on this venue a successful “test-drive”.

Italy managed to defend the title defeating team Russia 2-1.
Chubarova/Glimkova were the first to play. The Italian players were Bachetta/Chimatti. The Russian duo weren’t able to keep the advantage 3:0 in the first set and didn’t seize the opportunity to win the first set. As a result the Italians won the first match – 6:4, 6:1.
The second match featured Calbucci/Garavini who faced Burmakin/Kuptsov. The Russian team could defeat the strongest team 3:6, 6:2, 6:3.
The outcome of the final was decided in the mixed doubles. The Russian duo Burmakin/Churakova faced Garavini/Bacchetta. The match was a thrilling three-setter 4:6, 6:4, 6:3.

‘The final matches are always special. Psychologically we have to show a better result with each Championship. The result is fair, but with such a support from our crowd we had to win the tie. We are very disappointed’, told the press-service Sergey Kuptsov.

The Russian team captain commented on the results: ‘We lost, but we played an amazing match against Italy. We defeated them in men’s doubles that is an amazing achievement for us. I’d like to thank our men’s team for it. We were close to winning the mixed doubles, but couldn’t close the match. We will keep working hard’.

It is the third ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championship for Italy (2012, 2014, 2015).

‘We are used to win, but this victory is especially tasteful. We’d like to congratulate the Russian team on an amazing final’, said Alessandro Calbucci at the closing ceremony.

The Italian team also won the junior competition which was held for the first time in the frameworks of the World Team Championship.

The Director General of the All-Russian Beach Sports Association Ilya Volodarskiy, the Vice-President of the RTF Dmirty Vikharev, the Director of the National Tennis Center Vladimir Tolkotsyr, the Deputy Chief of the Moscow Department of Sport Albert Chiliev, the Russian tennis player Dmitry Tursunov, the Director General of the Beach Sports Center ‘Dynamo’ Anton Zhiznevskiy, the Tournament Director Maria Karpenko, the Member of the ITF Beach Tennis Commission Mauricio Rosciano and the ITF Beach Tennis coordinator Stuart Barraclough attended the official closing ceremony.

The official closing party was held in the restaurant Royal Bar at the Khimki water storage with an amazing view on the yacht and boats of the Burevestnik Group that transported the ITF members to the location of the Championship.

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