It was quite a week for Russia's professional tennis players – four tournaments, three titles. One of them, Liudmila Samsonova, thinks it might not be merely a coincidence that this recent run of success for her.
Liudmila Samsonova, of Russia, lunges for the ball during a final against Kaia Kanepi, of Estonia, at the Citi Open tennis tournament Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in Washington. One of them, Liudmila Samsonova, thinks it might not be merely a coincidence that this recent run of success for her, Daria Kasatkina and Daniil Medvedev comes shortly after they were banned from competing at Wimbledon because of their country's invasion of, and ongoing war in, Ukraine.
Samsonova earned her trophy in Washington a day after Medvedev, who leads the men's rankings, defeated Britain's Cam Norrie for the championship at Los Cabos, Mexico, and several hours before Kasatkina won the title at San Jose, California, with a victory over American Shelby Rogers. All three events are hard-court tune-ups ahead of the year's last Grand Slam tournament, the U.S. Open, which begins in New York on Aug. 29; Medvedev is the defending champion there. .
"It's been a great week for us. I wouldn't say that Wimbledon a lot of motivation to us, because we want to win these tournaments and matches in any case. I think it just happened that, in this particular week, three Russian players won titles. It's not happening very often, let's say," said Kasatkina, who has called for an end to the fighting in Ukraine. "I think it's just a coincidence. It shows that we're on a good level.
Asked Sunday about Wimbledon and the results she and other Russians produced this week, Samsonova said: "We a lot of time to work, so I think we it very well."
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