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 | Potapova about relations with Shevchenko: we filed for divorce after US Open. It was a forced and correct decision6-02-2025 |
Anastasia Potapova spoke about a divorce from Alexander Shevchenko. The 33rd racket of the world gave an interview to the channel more!
- How do you feel? The peace that came is connected with a divorce?
- no matter how it sounds, but most likely yes. At the end of the year, they made a tremendous shocking decision. This is life, and this happens. This must be accepted.
Of course, it is very disappointing that everything happened as it happened, but I wish Sasha the best. He is worthy of this, I wish him great luck in his career, because he is a really talented guy and he needs to continue to work and develop as a player. I can say this on camera, I am not shy of these words.
We had problems that. . . Some couples pass, and some are not. Unfortunately, we became one of the couples that did not pass them.
- is it due to your age? With the fact that you are young?
- I am more inclined that yes, with age.
- Is everything acutely perceived?
- Of course. Everything is perceived more acutely than later. Even now I look at some moments when it seemed to me that this was an explosion of the brain, but time had passed, it was tired-and I understand that it was possible to relate to everything so emotionally.
- Not everything is critical?
- Yes. But, probably, it was a forced and correct decision. And I`m sure that both of it will only be better for us from this.
- How did you play tennis at such moments?
- very difficult. We found out a lot of relations.
I am proud of how I proved to myself and others who were at that time nearby and saw everything from the inside. . . Because, I think, everyone was shocked by this decision. No one saw what was happening outside. But all close ones, the team, I myself, were amazed at how strong I could be. I am proud that, in spite of everything, I collected the last nerve cells in a fist and went out and played matches. Still not so bad.
Yes, maybe this year of mine was not as successful as the past, but, given all the facts, he gave me much more than any season in my life.
-You do not regret that there was such a bright and loud wedding, which is why people then had to tell about divorce?
- I actually said much later after the divorce. We submitted documents in September, immediately after US Open. And I said in November. We had an agreement with Sasha not to do this before the end of the season, so that there were no questions and then we were left. Because in the media they already wrote that we broke up. It`s terrible, in fact. Nothing can be hidden.
Therefore, I changed my opinion - I will not hide my relationship, of course, but I will not speak out about them. It was a lesson for me. Every second came up to me and asked: did you part?
- From the tour?
- And from the tour, and not from it. It is incorrect, but this is life, and people eat someone else`s life. This is a series.
I wanted to put an end to everyone, so as not to ask questions. Probably, this was the last stage of liberation for me in my head. The last stage to let go once and for all.
The main pair of our tennis fell apart. Potapova and Shevchenko were married for less than a year, together - less than two