Tennis player Rublev lost to Safiullin in the first round of Wimbledon

Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev lost to his compatriot Roman Safiullin in the first round of the Wimbledon tournament in London on June 29.

The meeting lasted 3 hours and 58 minutes. Safiullin won with a score 6:4, 6:7 (6:8), 3:6, 6:3, 7:6 (14:12).

Safiullin's next opponent will be Botin van de Sandschulp from the Netherlands. The athletes will meet in the second round of the tournament, which starts on July 1.

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Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva and Aldila Sutjiadi from Indonesia won the doubles tournament of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in Bad Homburg, Germany, on June 27. In the final, the athletes beat Australian Ellen Perez and Demi Schuers from the Netherlands.

Russian tennis player Ekaterina Alexandrova and Czech representative Linda Noskova won the WTA 500 tournament in Berlin on June 22. As a result, the Russian became the winner of the WTA doubles tournament for the first time.