Fr om 1 to 9 June, the strongest tennis players of the country in 2025 were determined at the Tolyatti Tennis Centre health complex in Tolyatti. Forty-four athletes from nine regions took part in the tournament.
The opening ceremony was attended by Sergey Dorkichev, Chairman of the Samara Region Sports Federation, Valery Vykhodtsev, Senior Coach of the Russian National Tennis Team, and Andrey Zimin, Head of the Samara Region Tennis Federation. The guests of honour addressed the audience with a welcoming speech, wishing everyone success in the competition.
During the competition week, the tennis players competed in singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles.
Among the men, a fierce battle for the national championship title unfolded in the individual competition. It was no joke that the three leaders of Russian deaf tennis ended up with the same number of points at the end of the final stage - Dmitry Dolzhenkov and Yaroslav Revin from Moscow and Vladislav Abramov from Samara defeated each other in face-to-face matches.
As a result, Dmitry Dolzhenkov became the Russian champion for the fifth time in a row based on additional indicators. Vladislav Abramov won his sixth consecutive silver medal in his career, while Yaroslav Revin had to settle for the bronze medal.
In the women's tournament, Polina Smirnova from Krasnodar Krai, now a nine-time Russian champion, was unrivalled. Second place went to the host of the competition, Angelina Anuchina, and third place went to Daria Svyatnenko from Moscow.
In the men's doubles, the duo of Dolzhenkov and Abramov performed best, while in the women's doubles, Anuchina and Svyatnenko stood out. In the mixed doubles, the country's strongest tennis players, Smirnova and Dolzhenkov, undoubtedly distinguished themselves.
The young Volgograd native Darina Masautova and Perm native Kirill Lyamin performed brilliantly in the national championship, defeating all their opponents. Darina distinguished herself in particular, becoming the winner in all categories - singles, doubles and mixed doubles. It seems that it won't be long before the adults will have to make room for them.
Valery Vykhodtsev, senior coach of the Russian national tennis team:
“There were intense matches in the men's singles, with Dmitry Dolzhenkov winning the most games, while in the women's singles, Deaflympics champion Polina Smirnova was unrivalled as always.
The number of participants in the Russian championship increased compared to last year thanks to the Moscow team. I would like to note that the leader among the young players was 11-year-old Darina Masautova from the Volgograd region, wh ere she won all the gold medals ahead of schedule, demonstrating her high level of skill. In addition, Darina has a high position in the RTT (Russian Tennis Tournaments) ranking among able-bodied players. Kirill Lyamin from the Perm region performed very consistently, defeating his much older opponents.
The immediate plans are to work at training camps and for our athletes to participate in tournaments among able-bodied players.”
Text: Andrei Popov, Nurlan Tazhigulov, Maria Mazhenina
Photo: Ekaterina Nozdracheva
Translation: Daria Kudelina
