The Universiade winner in the tennis singles Sachie Ishizu confessed to R-Sport agency that believed in winning the main prize.

On July 16 the tennis tournament was completed at the 27th World Summer Universiade in Kazan.

Kuznetsov was the leader in the Russian pair of Elena Vesnina and Andrey Kuznetsov, who won the tennis mixed doubles competition at the Universiade, Vesnina said to the journalists.

After winning the mixed doubles with partner Andrei Kuznetsov, Elena Vesnina confessed that she believed in her victory even in the most dire moments during the Universiade final.

The Russian women scored second place in the tennis team tournament at the Universiade in Kazan.

The Russian duo Andrey Kuznetsov / Elena Vesnina took Universiade gold in the mixed double final.

After his defeat at the hands of Korean Yongkyu Lim in the men’s singles tennis final, Madagascar’s Antso Rakotondramanga stated that the Universiade is the beginning of his professional career and also shared what else he will be taking home from Kazan with his medal:

If the Universiade was held in the United States, the national team of this country would put up the strongest team and tried to break away in the race for the medals, as now the Russians are doing in the competitions in Kazan, the 2008 Olympic champion in tennis Elena Dementieva said.

The tennis player Yongkyu Lim from South Korea swept the 27th Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan in the men’s singles.

In the women’s singles tennis final Sabrina Santamaria (USA) lost two sets 6-2 and 7-5 to Japan’s Sachie Ishizu.