Kuznetsova: 'Roger Federer loss hurt me, but I still texted Andrey Rublev'
In a press conference after reaching Cincinnati semifinals, Svetlana Kuznetsova commented on the success of men's Russian tennis with Karen Khachanov, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev.
"I was happy Medvedev was doing great in Canada. I texted him on Instagram. He replied and phoned me straight away", said Kuznetsova. "With Karen, I talk a lot. Text sometimes, yeah. He was, like, Oh, what's going on with your injury and this and that. He was pushing me to play. You have to play. I said, Look, I'm tired. I'm over 30. When you gonna be over 30 and play as much as I did, I will talk to you. Don't make me do that. But he was really nice, really cute. And Andrey, I saw him when he was, like -- his mom is a really good coach in Russia, the mom is great coach, and she asked me to look at him when he was maybe seven or eight. And he was crying, throwing the racquet. It was really looking really funny. I said, Look, I'm not sure if he's gonna be really unbelievable, but his character always will be. But he was the same skinny -- he had this Rafa Nadal kit without sleeves and he had zero hands (smiling). It was really funny. But he was still clapping there and just trying to get all the balls back. He's still the same in the character. He was born with that. So I was really happy for him that he won. I believe that to beat Roger Federer it's amazing, but also, it hurt me because Roger lost, so it was kind of... But I still did text Rublev and congratulate him."
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