Ilsur Metshin and Shamil Tarpishchev awarded the winners of the Russian Tennis Federation President's Cup

For the first time, Kazan hosted the Russian Tennis Federation President's Cup. In the final stage, two teams with the best players in three age groups among boys and girls met at the Kazan Tennis Academy. The winning teams were awarded with cups and diplomas. The awards ceremony was attended by Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, and Shamil Tarpishchev, the President of the Russian Tennis Federation.

«After seeing the tournament, we have confidence in the future of tennis in Russia. You are at the beginning of your journey, but you have achieved great results. We have to thank your parents for supporting you and the coaches who work with you on the court», – the Mayor said.

The tournament is being held for the second year in a row, but Kazan is hosting it for the first time. To select teams for the tournament, at the beginning of the year the 50 best players from the Russian Tennis Tour's rating among boys and girls aged 13, 15, and 17 were divided into 10 teams, with five players of each gender in each team, and the same age. Throughout the year, these tennis players gained points in different competitions.

The top two teams enter the final round to compete for the title of champion. In the final stage, there are three singles matches and two doubles matches. The tournament winner is determined by the player with the highest number of points. The team captain determines the composition of players for each match.

Seventy-two athletes from 12 teams competed in the finals in Kazan. In the girls' under 13 category, team №7 won. The team includes Vera Yamina (Kazan), Greta Karnetsian, Maria Terpelyuk, and Arina Syroezhkina, with Anton Kratyuk as captain. The youth team № 10 won in the same age group. Ivan Sinyakov, Maxim Sologdin, Konstantin Petrov, and Zakhar Shchaya-Zubrov played for the team, with Timur Kiyamov – a captain.

In the under 15 girls' category, team № 5 became a winner with players Elizaveta Nalesnik, Sofia Ogirchuk, and Lidiya Fadeeva and Aleksandra Barmicheva. They were led by the captain, Dmitry Sitnikov.

In the boys' under15 category, team № 4 won the title. The team includes David Valeev from Kazan, Dmitry Shchelokov, Maxim Sobolev, Daniil Karpenko, and Yaroslav Begansky. The captain of this team was Alexander Kostanov.

The girls' team № 1 became the best in the under 17 age category. It includes Rada Zolotareva, Marta-Maria Makarova, Ekaterina Agureeva, Alexandra Khomitskaya, Anna Mogilko. Oksana Mishukova was the captain.

In the same age category, the youth team № 10 became the winner with players Philipp Dolotov, Artyom Semyonov, German Samogorodsky, Timur Dautov, Pavel Skvortsov. The captain was Ivan Pridankin.