Tennis, business, family and school

In the third and final part of the extensive interview with veteran of Belorussian tennis Max Mirnyi he speaks of a difficult task to combine intensive professional sports schedule with family life and business undertakings. And about the important place taken in his heart by his sports center for children created in Minsk.

Max Mirnyi Sport Centre in Minsk Source: Supplied

Belarus' Max Mirny returns the ball to Peru's Ivan Miranda during their Davis Cup tennis match in Lima, 21 September 2007 Source: EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images

At Australian open 2018  Max Mirnyi and Chinese woman Peng Shuai went down in the first round of  mixed doubles to Czech Andrea Sestini Hlavackova/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) 4:6, 4:6.

Earlier the Belarus veteran paired with Austrian Philipp Oswald  lost in men's doubles to the American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan.

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