Astana has again become a venue
for an international competition. The ATP 250 Astana Open 2023 has kicked off
in the Kazakh capital. In the current year, 10 of the Top 50 players will
participate in the tennis tournament. The former third seed of the world Adrian
Mannarino from France, Swiss Stan Wawrinka, Serbian Laslo Djere, Australian
Alexei Popyrin and others are expected take part in the tournament. The total
prize fund, according to the organizers, is more than $1 million. This year, Kazakhstan’s
national tennis team is represented by four players, including captain
Alexander Bublik, Mikhail Kukushkin, Andrey Golubev and Alexander Nedovyesov.
“Alexander Bublik is playing in the first four
series. We are really looking forward to seeing him win tournaments on
Monday and Tuesday in the final match. Mikhail Kukushkin, along with Alexander
Nedovyesov, who plays in doubles, also have great chances to win. This is one
of the major tournaments in the world, a world series, as I have already said.
Holding such a tournament is prestigious for Kazakhstan, we are always glad to
see tennis players of the given level. As far as I know, since it has been four
years, many tennis players really like to visit Kazakhstan. This can be seen
from the list of players,” said Dmitry Savchuk, tournament director.
