Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas can very well be Russian Stepan

Stefanos Tsitsipas

(Reuters) Source: Reuters

The young Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas has a Russian blood running through his veins. His mother Julia (Apostoli) Salnikova is the former Russian-born professional tennis player and his grandfather Sergey Salnikov was a professional football player who played alongside Lev Yashin, Nikita Simonyan and others and in 1956 won the Gold medal in Melbourne summer Olympic games. We speak with Julia about Stefanos upbringing and his ascend into professional tennis.


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