The famous tennis player Andrei Chesnokov, who in 1995 provided the Russian team with participation in the Davis Cup final, was injured on the night of Sunday, November 20 in Dnepropetrovsk. The 39-year-old athlete came to Ukraine to conduct master classes for young tennis players, and received two rubber bullets in the stomach near the Reporter restaurant. Chesnokov was immediately taken to the hospital, and one of the four who attacked him had already been detained.

Bullets in the stomach

On his own or not on his own, but Chesnokov was embroiled in another scandal that has accompanied him from the moment he decided to end his sports career. This time Russian athlete miraculously saved his life, because in the hands of those who attacked him were traumatic, and not combat pistols. The main cause of the quarrel, as in the vast majority of cases with men, was women.

Chesnokov came to the banks of the Dnieper at the invitation of the organizers international tournament series "Challenger" - "Privatbank Cup". After the end of the next game day, during which he gave out interviews and autographs, Chesnokov went to the restaurant "Reporter" with his friend - a colleague from Morocco - and two local girls. Their names are probably known to the police of the Zhovtnevy district of Dnepropetrovsk, but they are not reported to the press.

As Chesnokov said in an interview with Kommersant, after dinner, he left the restaurant with everyone else, followed by four young men who began to insult the girls. The tennis player decided to stand up for the honor of the ladies, and immediately saw a pistol in front of him, which one of them took out.

“I kicked him in the arm with a pistol and punched him in the face,” the athlete said. “He fell, but then the second attacker ran up to me.” Chesnokov claims that three of the four young people who started the quarrel had pistols, and one of them shot him in the stomach. In an interview with Izvestia, the tennis player gives a slightly different interpretation of events.

"When we began to go out into the street, my friends entered into a skirmish with some drunken company. One of the strangers called me a swear word, and when I answered, he pulled out a pistol from his pocket. Then I kicked him in self-defense. Man fell with a pistol, but at that time his companion jumped up - also with a weapon and shot me in the stomach, - said Chesnokov. - I hit the attacker in the face, but immediately received another bullet. After two shots, the drunken company fled, and I managed get up, returned to the bar and called the police and an ambulance from there.

The athlete was taken to the surgical department of the regional hospital of Dnepropetrovsk named after Mechnikov. “Indeed, tennis player Andrei Chesnokov came to us,” a hospital surgeon told Izvestia. “He was wounded by a rubber bullet in the stomach. But not much. The wound is not penetrating. The bullet stuck in the skin. because he feels good."

Doctors said that in addition to the bullet wound Chesnokov had broken two fingers on his hand. The Dnipropetrovsk police immediately began investigating the incident, announcing that they would pay anyone who reported the details of the incident 100,000 hryvnia (about $20,000). As a result, a day after the attack on Chesnokov, the first suspect was detained.

According to the head of the Public Relations Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Dnepropetrovsk region Oleksiy Shcherbatov, the detainee is a resident of one of the districts of the region. A criminal case against the attackers on the Russian tennis player was initiated under the article "Hooliganism". Shcherbatov stressed that the identities of the remaining "shooters" have been established and all of them are currently on the wanted list.

The detainee has already confessed to shooting at Chesnokov. According to Ekho Moskvy, a 24-year-old resident of the Pokrovsky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region said that Chesnokov and his friends started the fight. At present, Chesnokov's state of health is satisfactory, nothing threatens his life, the tennis player did not need surgical intervention. According to Channel One, doctors believe that the athlete will be able to be transported to Moscow on November 21.

Date of birth - February 2, 1966
Place of birth - Moscow
Height - 1.87 meters
Weight - 75 kilograms
Racket grip - right
Start year professional career – 1985
Tournaments won in a career: 1987 - Florence, 1988 - Orlando, 1989 - Munich, Nice, 1990 - Monte Carlo, Tel Aviv; 1991 - Montreal
The highest rating in singles- 9th place (August 4, 1991)
Career Matches: 344 wins, 259 losses
Prize: 3 million 84 thousand 188 dollars

The attack on Andrei Chesnokov caused a very wide response. First of all, because it was he who became the first tennis hero of modern Russia. No, Chesnokov did not play the way Kafelnikov and Safin played after him. But he played in such a way that sometimes there was nothing left but words of admiration.

Order of Courage

He played the most memorable match in his career in 1995, when in the decisive match of the semi-final of the Davis Cup against the German national team, he beat the strongest tennis player in the world at that time, Michael Stich. During the match, Chesnokov played eight match points, and after a while he received the Order of Courage from the hands of Boris Yeltsin.

It was this moment that became the brightest in Chesnokov's career. Although he had seven won ATP series tournaments, and the Roland Garros semi-finals in 1989, he also won. Chesnokov played at a time when there were more tennis heroes than now. He was lucky to compete with real tennis monsters - John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Ivan Lendl, Miroslav Mechirzh, Mats Wilander, Michael Stich, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras and many others.

Together with Andrei Cherkasov, Andrei Olkhovsky and Alexander Volkov, he made the world respect tennis players from Russia. In general, Chesnokov was a kind of Russian pioneer in the world of elite tennis.

No income, no wife...

However, the tennis player, who ended his career in 1999, has recently been remembered only for scandals. I especially remember the incident, which became public thanks to the French prosecutor's office. Chesnokov was accused of concealing income.

In July 2004, the Paris Court of Appeal sentenced him to eight months' imprisonment and a fine of 7,500 euros for tax evasion. According to French judges, when Chesnokov, who lived in France, was engaged in entrepreneurial activities in the mid-1990s, he had to pay taxes to the state treasury.

In September 2000, Chesnokov was sentenced in absentia in France to two years in prison, a fine of more than 30,000 euros, and publication of a guilty verdict at his own expense in the Le Figaro newspaper. French authorities considered Chesnokov guilty of tax evasion for 1994 and 1995. At that time, the athlete lived in Paris, owned real estate in the city and was engaged in entrepreneurial activities. It is assumed that the amount of his income amounted to one and a half million euros.

Chesnokov did not agree with this decision and filed an appeal. As a result, the lawyers of the ex-first racket of the USSR and Russia managed to prove that their client, actually traveling the world for 10 months a year, officially resided in Moscow, where he paid all the necessary taxes. But the French prosecutor's office, with the filing of the tax service, found out that Andrei underestimated the amount of his income. As a result, he was sentenced to the minimum possible fine and a suspended prison sentence.

But while Chesnokov lived in France, he attracted the attention of not only the prosecutor's office and the tax service, but also the police. In March 2003, he spent several hours at a Paris police station after allegedly hitting his wife Alla during an argument. The police were called by the athlete's neighbors, who reported that they heard the screams of a woman in the house of a tennis player in the suburbs of the French capital.

Chesnokov's wife stated that he hit her. The woman explained this by the fact that recently she and her husband practically did not live together, and Chesnokov could not stand his nerves when he found out that she had started dating another person. However, the accusation against ex-husband Alla refused to nominate, and the police soon released the tennis player, drawing up an appropriate protocol. The rest of the time famous athlete he was mainly engaged in various business projects, constantly participated as a special guest star in various tournaments, even worked as a coach for Marat Safin for some time, but most of the time he was in the shadows.

Certainly, on the fact of the attack on Chesnokov, events will follow. It is a pity that he now comes out of the shadows only in connection with another scandal.

On the eve of the G8 tournament that started in the capital of Great Britain, the correspondent of Rossiyskaya Gazeta spoke with Andrey Chesnokov, Honored Master of Sports, coach, our legendary tennis player of the 80s and 90s.

We talked not only about chances the best players at the final competition of the season, but also about the latest scandals in the world of tennis - such as Andre Agassi's "doping confessions" and the disqualification of the Belgians.

Russian newspaper: Andrey, I want to know your opinion on the game that Davydenko demonstrates at the end of the year. And what is Kolya capable of in London?

Andrey Chesnokov: Now Nikolay plays very strongly. Look: recently in Shanghai, he proved that he can beat both Nadal and Djokovic. Of course, in London, he has a slightly smaller chance of beating these tennis players. But in the semifinals, I'm waiting for him for sure.

WG: Last year Davydenko was in the final.

Chesnokov: Last year is last year. Moreover, in London such a tournament is played for the first time. But, on the other hand, why not repeat the achievement? Will I personally root for Davydenko? And for whom else?

WG: Tell us about the other members. What do you think of them?

Chesnokov: If you go, so to speak, from the bottom up, then I'll start with the Swede Robin Soderling, who replaced the American Roddick. I think the Swede deserved to play in the G8. He has the brightest season in his career. He beat our Kolya in Paris and was close to winning the match with Djokovic. As for Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, I don't think he is strong enough to qualify for some kind of high result.

Well, I have already said about Davydenko. The next one is Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro. An excellent player, the only negative is that he is still young. Andy Murray is the most uncomfortable tennis player for everyone, especially for Roger Federer. So I rank the Briton among the favorites. True, maybe now Andy is not in very good physical condition? Now about Serb Djokovic, the reigning champion. Maybe, as they say, and get hooked, because I have been playing a lot and hard lately. However, he is certainly a contender for the overall victory. Well, we still have Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Rafa is now defeated. In such a strong company, it will not be easy for him. Roger is the brightest player. He will surprise us all for a long time to come. Despite the fact that at present there is some psychological uncertainty in his tennis, he is the main favorite.

WG: Now, Andrey, I would like you to comment on the scandal that is developing around the tennis player of your generation. I mean the American Andre Agassi, who made a sensational confession in his book that he used doping. But first: you played with Agassi, didn't you?

Chesnokov: Yes once. It was in 1992 at Wimbledon. I remember losing to him in four sets.

WG: Do you even remember the score? Now I will check you: I looked in the reference book beforehand.

Chesnokov: I think I took the first batch ...

WG: Yes, 7:5.

Chesnokov: Wait, don't tell me, I remember. The second set lost - 1:6, and then two games with the same score 5:7.

WG: Absolutely right. Well, how do you assess Agassi's current statement?

Chesnokov A: I think it's the wrong move. His confessions, if they are indeed confessions, show that he cheated on the players and tour leaders. It turns out that the titles that he won were obtained by fraudulent, dishonest means. I don't understand why he needs it? Why did you have to lower yourself in the eyes of others? For me, Andre Agassi was a star, a legend. And now, in my eyes, that star has gone out. Of course, his right is to tell something or not. But Agassi was stupid - that's for sure. He pulled out a garbage heap and dived into it himself. And set up other players - now they began to talk more about all this. Here is my opinion.

WG: I ask you about this also because you, Andrei, are a person who gave himself on the court to the end. Fans remember the famous nine match points that "shook the world". Fight so bravely! Where is the strength from? But, probably, then we didn’t even have a conversation about some kind of doping.

Chesnokov: Doping has always existed. You remember my match against Michael Stich. And I especially remember the meeting with Israel in the Davis Cup in 1984. Then there was no relationship with Israel, the match was absolutely closed, it was held without spectators. The policy was this: either we win against Israel, or ... at least what "or"! There was no other option. We were forced to work. And we worked like horses. So, I remember, then they gave us pills and some kind of injections. I ran around the court like clockwork. When doctors told me that these were vitamins, I believed them. I never checked, did not analyze what they gave me. I trusted doctors who told me that these are vitamins, that it is necessary for the work of the heart. But after that match, I was so devastated - both emotionally and physically. Just breath out. Now I think: we must have been stabbed with something. By the way, then there was an individual tournament - I couldn’t even walk around the court, I was terribly tired.

WG: Will you make any confessions in any book?

garlic Q: You can tell something else from your past. For example, they gave me a daily allowance of 25 dollars a day, I pulled the strings on the racket with my teeth, chewed the sausage. There were times when I was offered to use illegal drugs. But I did not take this step, I knew that it was a slow death. But on the other hand, I know athletes who went for it, and they have long been in the next world.

WG: They say Belgian Justine Henin left tennis because she was afraid that she would be suspected of doping.

Chesnokov: I don't know - I also use rumors. I think in the case of Henin this is a very good move to smooth over his guilt.

WG: How, in your opinion, was it fair to disqualify two representatives of Belgium - Janina Wickmeyer and Xavier Malissa?

Chesnokov: Well, it was the Belgian anti-doping commission that punished them, and not the relevant international committee WTA. By the way, I talked to Father Wickmeyer. And he told me a completely different story. They left Belgium. Played tournaments in Australia and America. Can you imagine, they are told: you were not at home for four months. And from the commission sent letters to the e-mail address. And since there was no answer three times, the tennis player was disqualified. But, as it turned out, the Wickmeiers did not receive any letters by "e-mail". In general, I think that it is impossible to excommunicate from work. Well, take away the title, fine it, but don't take the job. In my opinion, deprivation of the right to work is a crime. Representatives of the anti-doping committees demand that they be told: I am there and there. What a nightmare! Like a prison. I train Elena Vesnina. She plays Roland Garros, people come to her at seven in the morning. They don't warn, they just come. They know that at this time they can find the player, he must definitely sleep. But they must also think about the fact that every hour of sleep for a tennis player is like breathing on the court. I think this anti-doping system has gone far.

WG: You, as you said, train Vesnina. Where are you preparing for next season?

Chesnokov: As always, in Sochi. Here I will look at the London final championship, and we will go to Sochi with Lena at the end of November.

The first Russian tennis player to win competitions in the Masters series, the winner of five-time victories in the ATP tournaments and the Davis Cup finalist in the national team, Andrey Chesnokov for fifteen years of his career in tennis lived a bright and eventful sports life.

The beginning of Andrey Chesnokov's sports career

Muscovite Andrei Chesnokov showed interest in tennis quite early. Regular hard training, sports talent and perseverance soon brought results - in 1983 Andrey competed in the junior doubles at the Roland Garros tournament. After this match, the young tennis player gains invaluable experience and understands that it is better for him to prefer a single game. This decision turned out to be correct - in the same 1983, in singles, he won the Wimbledon tournament among juniors and even a member of the national team.

Professional career

Andrey Chesnokov entered the professional "adult" level in 1985, which became very successful for him - winning the Roland Garros tournament against Eliot Telcher, who was at that time the 10th racket of the world, and winning the competition in Helsinki. The following year, he reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros and became one of the 50 the best tennis players peace.

Also successful were Chesnokov in 1987-1988 - the ATP title in Florence, victory in the competition in Atlanta, participation in the quarter-finals at the Australian Open, although there were failures - Olympic Games in Seoul did not submit to him. The beginning of the 90s brought the athlete the honorary title of champion of the Masters series and getting into the top ten best tennis players in the world. In 1995, already at the end of his career, Chesnokov made his considerable contribution to the Russian team reaching the final of the season, for which he received the Order of Courage from the President of the country.

After sports

Completion decision sports career was accepted by Chesnokov in 1997, and in 2000 he finally left tennis. On October 20, 2007, a memorable football match between veterans of the Russian and Dutch teams took place, dedicated to the tragedy at Luzhniki, when several dozen people died in a terrible stampede. Andrei Chesnokov witnessed this terrible incident in his youth, and twenty-five years later he became one of the organizers of the event in memory of the victims.

Chesnokov became the first tennis player in our country who reached professional level in big tennis. He received the title of Honored Master of Sports and laureate of the Russian Tennis Hall of Fame.

Andrei Chesnokov vs J. McEnroe Final - Antwerp 1988

Andrey Chesnokov. Pioneer of Russian tennis

On February 2, Andrei Chesnokov turns 46. The first professional Russian tennis player has seven titles, the Roland Garros semi-finals and the Order of Courage for the famous match with Shtikh.

On February 2, 1966, the famous Soviet and Russian tennis player was born in Moscow. He became the first professional Russian tennis player, the second (after Evgeny Kafelnikov) got into the Russian Tennis Hall of Fame in the category "Modern Masters" and

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Born February 2, 1966 in Moscow, USSR.
Height: 187 cm. Weight: 75 kg. Right-handed. Two-handed left hand.
Start of professional career: 1985, completion: 2000.
Career prize money: $3,084,188
Highest Ranking Position - 9 (April 8, 1991)
In singles, 344 wins and 259 losses.
Number of titles: 7.
Grand Slam Tournaments:
Australian Open- quarter-finals (1988).
"Roland Garros" - semi-final (1989).
Wimbledon - first round (1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996).
US Open - fourth round (1986, 1987, 1989).
1995 Davis Cup finalist.
Member of the Russian Tennis Hall of Fame.
Awarded the Order of Courage.
The second result in the number of match points recovered in a five-set match won:
18 - Davis Cup-1930. Wilmer Alison (USA) - Giorgio de Stefani (Italy) - 4:6, 7:9, 6:4, 8:6, 10:8.
9 - Davis Cup-1995. Andrey Chesnokov (Russia) - Michael Stich (Germany) - 6:4, 1:6, 1:6, 6:3, 14:12.
9 - "Roland Garros" -2004. Vincent Spady (USA) - Florent Serra - 7:5, 1:6, 4:6, 7:6 (9:7), 9:7.

played one of the most memorable matches in Davis Cup history.

He showed his militant character and stamina in one of the first official matches in his career - at the junior Roland Garros -1983, Andrei played with his namesake Olkhovsky, and in the starting round the Russians won with a score of 5:7, 6:4, 20: eighteen. Of course, the 16-year-old guys did not have enough strength for the next match. By the way, Olkhovsky became one of the few partners of our hero, because Andrei quickly realized that the couple was not his. During his career, he managed to win only seven matches in the ATP. In the same 83, Chesnokov won two victories at the junior Wimbledon. This fact could well not be mentioned, but later it turned out that these were the only two victories on the courts of the All England Lawn Tennis Club - in adult career Andrei did not manage to hear at least once "Game, set, match, Mr. Chesnokov." But in other tournaments, this phrase was uttered more than 300 times.

Back in early September 1983, Chesnokov played in the junior category, and at the end of the month he made his first debut in matches for the national team. He lost both meetings, but it should be noted that the duel with Miroslav Mecirzh lasted five sets. The first major achievement should be considered the third round of Roland Garros -1985, in which today's birthday man defeated the 10th racket of the world. “I beat Eliot Telcher, number 10. I go into the locker room, look at him and understand - everything. Telcher is a man lost to the world. I was perceived in Europe as a monkey that was sitting on a tree, suddenly jumped off, grabbed a wooden racket and immediately beat someone, ”recalls the tennis player himself. However, Andrey has such sudden victories in early years it wasn't that much. He was at his best in the Davis Cup, and in the play-off against Argentina he scored two wins, one of them 2-0 down in sets.

At the end of the 1985 season, the first title came - Andrey became the strongest at the challenger in Helsinki. At Roland Garros -86, there was a big breakthrough again - this time, Mats Wilander, then the second seed, fell from Andrey's racket. Chesnokov reached the quarterfinals and immediately entered the top 50 of the world ranking. The defeat a couple of weeks later in the first round of Wimbledon against the 280th racket of the world then seemed like a sensation. In 1987, he won his first ATP title at a tournament in Florence. The end of this year and the beginning of the next one turned out to be shocking - the Russian played in the finals of two tournaments in a row, and reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open. More to repeat a similar result in Melbourne, he failed.

In the 1988 season, Andrei reached the quarterfinals in almost all competitions, including Roland Garros. Alas, Chesnokov unexpectedly lost in the opening round at the Seoul Olympics. From four finals managed to win only one, but a year later the efficiency turned out to be 100 percent - two titles out of two possible. On his most successful "Helmet", Open Championship France, Andrei defended the points for the 1/4 finals and took a step forward for the first time in his career. However, in the semi-finals, 17-year-old Michael Chang got in his way, who won this tournament a little later. Chesnokov, on the other hand, spent part of the semi-final prize money on charity and bought 20 leather punchers for the victims of the explosion at railway near Ufa.

By the way, Andrei himself could become a victim of an accident several times. On October 20, 1982, when no one knew him yet, a 16-year-old boy was sitting on the podium of Luzhniki at football match"Spartak" - "Harlem". At the end of the game, a stampede began, in which, according to official figures, 67 people died, and according to unofficial figures, over 300. “It is always so hard for me to talk about this. Tears well up in my eyes. There were two stairs and a platform between them. Around - solid corpses, several dozen people. The railings themselves buckled. We stood with some soldier. I myself was hysterical." About 30 years later, another unpleasant incident occurred: at a tournament in Dnepropetrovsk, Andrei had dinner with Moroccan Younes El-Einawi, and at the exit from the bar they were met by a group of skinheads. Chesnokov tried to protect his comrade and received two bullets in the stomach from a traumatic pistol.

However, back to tennis achievements, which, fortunately, are much more than negative memories. In April 1990 Andrey became the first Russian champion tournaments of the Masters series.

Quotes

When you go out to play for yourself, this is one feeling, when you go out to fight for the country, these are completely different emotions. Imagine that when you enter the court of the same Olimpiyskiy, all the spectators want to Russian team won, support you. And if you manage to bring the team a point, then you feel not only your joy, but also the joy of the whole country, the whole stadium. These are magical feelings.

In 95, the Americans had the most great team- Sampras, Agassi and Courier. First, second and third rating numbers. I don't know which one is better. It can only be better than Jesus Christ.

Roland Garros is a magnificent, kind tournament. Big celebration. I have always played here with great pleasure, and now I come as a spectator with the same great pleasure. At the Roland Garros matches, I see exactly tennis, the rally of the ball. In addition, I like that the competitions are held in Paris, one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

It happened in Monte Carlo. Three weeks later, Chesnokov reached the final of the same competition in Rome, but this time Thomas Muster managed to take revenge in the final. Thanks to these results, our hero got into the top 10 for the first time. In April of the following year, Andrey rose to his highest 9th line in the ranking. Season-91 also dates back to the biggest hard victory - at the Masters in Montreal. This title was the last in the career of a tennis player. At the Grand Slams, he did not reach the quarterfinals after the 1/2 finals of Roland Garros -1989, and at the Masters, after a triumph in Canada, he played in the finals two more times, but received only a consolation prize.

However, perhaps the most major victory took place many years later, already at the end of a career - in 1995. Andrei never refused to help the national team and spent 46 matches for it. This is the fourth result in the USSR and Russia after Alexander Metreveli, Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin. In the 1995 season, the Russian team beat the teams of Belgium and South Africa, and in the semi-final in Moscow, our tennis players took on the Germans. After the first day, Anatoly Lepyoshin's men lost 0:2. Everything could have ended on Saturday, but Kafelnikov and Olkhovsky pulled out a victory in five sets in a doubles match. Boris Becker, who was slightly injured, withdrew from singles on Sunday, and Kafelnikov ended up with a fairly easy victory over Bernd Carbacher.

Chesnokov, who was then only in the 59th position in the ranking, and Michael Shtich entered the decisive duel. Before they played nine times, and the German won six victories, four of them in a row. He also led in this fight 2:1 in sets, but Andrei achieved the fifth installment. Shtikh always had the advantage in it and earned those very famous nine match points on his serve. Chesnokov played them heroically, and with a score of 12:13 and 15:40 Shtikh made a double mistake and sent the Russian team to the final. “After that match, everyone wanted to take me away for souvenirs. Emotions flooded over the edge, he did not control himself. He gave someone a racket, gave someone money. The coach was crying, my ex-wife too, the stadium yelled like crazy. Everyone was delighted, ”recalls Andrey.

By the way, one of the souvenirs - sneakers - went to a 13-year-old ball boy named Mikhail Youzhny. The day after the epic victory, Russian President Boris Yeltsin awarded Chesnokov the Order of Courage. Alas, it was not possible to complete that Davis Cup triumphantly. In the Moscow final, the first racket of the world, Pete Sampras, beat both Chesnokov and Kafelnikov, although Andrei again brought the matter to the fifth game. Pete brought the third point paired with Todd Martin. In 1997, today's birthday boy decided to end his career in the national team, and in 2000 to leave the sport altogether. While living in Paris, he continued to play in commercial tournaments. In addition, Chesnokov coached Marat Safin and Elena Vesnina for some time. In 2007, he became one of the organizers of the match in memory of the victims of the tragedy at Luzhniki. The father of three children (two sons and a daughter) now lives in Moscow. He is fond of antiques, rare paintings, stamps and newspapers, but he also does not forget about tennis and is, in particular, a permanent expert of our portal.

Last week, a 37-year-old Russian, who has been living in Paris for a long time, gave his wife a demonstrative spanking. Women's cries coming from the house on Rue Etienne-Deforge alarmed the neighbors of Alla Chesnokova, and they called the police. The law enforcement officers did not allow the raging husband to put another bruise on the poor woman's body.

A piquant detail: Andrey and Alla have been living separately for some time now, but officially they are still considered spouses. The former tennis player, apparently, believed that Alla would become a quiet recluse, and she suddenly drove off to Holland for two weeks. Yes, not alone, but with a lover! Here the sense of ownership, inherent in every man, Andrey jumped.

Both spouses were taken to the police station. Chesnokov spent the whole night in the cell, but he was released the next morning: his wife refused to submit a written complaint to the police.

They met in Moscow, at a disco. A famous tennis player offered the girl a lift to her home. It turned out that we had to go all the way to Podolsk. Chesnokov went. And after a while he already began to live in Alla's apartment - together with her parents and sister. I even put two of my cars in the garage. Having fallen in love with a dyed blonde with a dubious reputation, the guy began to take her abroad, but did not want to marry for a long time. But when Chesnokov's girlfriend was six months pregnant, she posed the question point-blank: either they go to the registry office or they break up. Andrew gave up. The wedding was played in Podolsk, quietly. Only the closest relatives and friends were invited...

By the way

And on April 2, Chesnokov will appear in Paris before the court, on a completely different case. He faces a fine of 30,000 euros. Our tennis player evaded taxes. According to the French press, the amount of taxes from Chesnokov's concealed income is 635,000 euros.