- Title: RUSSIA: FORMER TENNIS CHAMPION YEVGENY KAFELNIKOV NOW PLAYS GOLF
- Date: 10th August 2005
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (AUGUST 10, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF A GOLF PUTTING GREEN AT THE MOSCOW COUNTRY CLUB/ GOLFERS PRACTICING PUTTING 2. VARIOUS OF GOLFERS PRACTICING PUTTING/ SIGN IN THE BACKGROUND ADVERSTING THE CADILLAC RUSSIAN OPEN 2005 3. VARIOUS OF GOLFERS ON DRIVING RANGE, PRACTICING 4. GOLFERS WALKING BY 5. WIDE OF GOLDFERS AT DRIVING RANGE 6. FORMER TENNIS WORLD NUMBER ONE YEVGENY KAFELNIKOV AT DRIVING RANGE, PRACTICING 7. KAFELNIKOV DURING GOLD PRACTICE 8. SET OF GOLD BALLS ON THE GROUND 9. KAFELNIKOV PRACTICING 10. PEOPLE AT DRIVING RANGE 11. KAFELNIKOV AND CADDY WALKING TO TEE OFF FROM 12. KAFELNIKOV GRABBIGN A BOTTLE OF WATER 13. KAFLENIKOV WATCHING AS HIS PARTNER TEES OFF 14. PHOTOGRAPHERS 15. KAFELNIKOV ON GREEN AND PREPARING TO TAKE A PUTT 16. FLAG AT GREEN 17. KAFELNIKOV TRYING TO PUTT THE BALL, BUT IT STOPS SHORT OF THE HOLE 18. WIDE OF KAFELNIKOV AND GOLD PARTNER ON THE GREEN 19. KAFELNIKOV MAKES A GOOD PUTT 20. ONLOOERS APPLAUD 21. KAFELNIKOV AND CADDY WALKING ALONG THE GREEN ON THE GOLD COURSE 22. PEOPLE LOOKING ON 23. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER TENNIS WORLD NUMBER ONE YEVGENY KAFELNIKOV SAYING: "I have been playing golf for 11 years, unfortunately not as much as I love to but right now when I quit my active job of being a tennis professional I would love to spend more time on a golf course." 24. ONLOOKERS 25. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER TENNIS WORLD NUMBER ONE YEVGENY KAFELNIKOV ASKED ABOUT HIS CHANCES SUCCESS IN THE RUSSIAN OPEN, SAYING: "I know the course, I have been playing that course for many years and it's going to be an advantage for me, although teh copurse itself is very very long, difficult, the greens are very fast, we'll see, I can't predict anything at the moment." FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, ASKING IF HE THINKS HE WILL WIN THE TOURNAMENT, SAYING: "No, this is out of the question, the most important thing for me tomorrow is to have fun and probably not to disappoint my partners." 26. PEOPLE ON THE GOLF COURSE 27. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER TENNIS WORLD NUMBER ONE YEVGENY KAFELNIKOV ASKED IF HE MISSES PLAYING TENNIS, SAYING: "Ah, a little bit, not as much as before; I watch occasionally and I follow the game, but you know, unfortunately for me, my best days are gone by, you know, I don't want to look back on what I could have done, I could have achieved. You know, I am pretty happy with what I accompalished in the game of tennis." 28. VARIOUS OF KAFELNIKOV ON A GREEN AT THE MOSCOW COUNTRY CLUB Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Reuters ID: LVA6Z4Q49XD3JCLZVH69SHPH3L1P
- Story Text: Former tennis world number one Yevgeny Kafelnikov
exchanges a racquet for a golf club.
Former tennis world number one Yevgeny Kafelnikov
will be making his debut on the European Golf tour at the
Russian Open on Thursday (August 11), after gaining a
wild-card entry from the tournament organisers.
Kafelnikov, the former French Open and Australian Open
champion, retired from professional tennis last year. In a
12-year tennis career, Kafelnikov won 26 singles titles.
After a year out of the professional tennis circuit,
and so looking a little heavier, Kafelnikov played a
practice round at the Moscow Country Club on Wednesday
(August 10). The MCC is the venue for the Russian Open.
Kafelnikov who has a golf handicap of 2, said he
enjoyed playing the game.
"I have been playing golf for 11 years, unfortunately
not as much as I love to but right now when I quit my
active job of being a tennis professional I would love to
spend more time on a golf course," said Kafelnikov.
He added that he was looking forward to playing in the
Russian Open, though he laughed a question about the
chances of winning his first professional golf title.
"No, this is out of the question, the most important
thing for me tomorrow is to have fun and probably not to
disappoint my partners," added Kafelnikov, though he said
he knew the MCC course very well.
Asked about professional tennis, Kafelnikov admitted he
missed the game, but he added that he had no regrets and
was proud of what he had managed to achieve in tennis.
"Ah, a little bit, not as much as before; I watch
occasionally and I follow the game, but you know,
unfortuantely for me, my best days are gone by, you know, I
don't want to look back on what I could have done, I could
have achieved. You know, I am pretty happy with what I
accompalished in the game of tennis," said Kafelnikov.
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