00:00Over the past 20 years, Kazakhstan has invested more than 200 million dollars in tennis, expanding infrastructure,
00:06developing professional academies, nurturing new talent and attracting international tournaments.
00:11As a result of the number of people playing the sport has increased from 500 to around 45,000.
00:16One of the cornerstones of that system is the Team Kazakhstan Academy that was established in 2008.
00:23We try to tailor our program for each kid because if we're thinking about high performance, if we want to
00:30achieve good results in the international arena,
00:32we're competing against countries where tennis has been prospering for more than 100 years and they have more than 40
00:40,000 courts.
00:41Just an example, Germany has more than 50,000 courts, even Japan has more than 40,000 courts and we
00:46have only 400.
00:48Tennis has become accessible in every region of Kazakhstan.
00:51There are 39 tennis centers and clubs across the country.
00:54The Federation is also working to make training more affordable.
00:58For example, in 2007 and 2008, the rent for the court was around 100 dollars per hour.
01:05Nowadays, of course, just the monthly training process for the kids is around 50 dollars per month.
01:13And, of course, we are making sure that we are comparable to the other sports such as swimming, gymnastics or,
01:20you know, athletics.
01:21And we are very happy to see all the fans are enjoying it and all the kids are getting the
01:27motivation.
01:27And the results of Yelena Rybakina and Alexander Bublik and our national teams in Davis Cup and Bill Jinking Cup
01:35help to strengthen this interest.
01:38Kazakhstan has also become a regular host of international tournaments.
01:41The country now stages events across the ATP, WTA and World Tennis Tours.
01:46More major events are expected as Kazakhstan continues to develop its tennis infrastructure.
01:51In addition, of course, of the very this-
01:53Because now you saw your friends in Ukrainians.
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