PERSONAL
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Began playing tennis at age 7 one year after moving to Sochi with his family...Father, Sergei, is a businessman, mother, Olga...Has a younger brother, Maxim(10)...Follows the NBA but has no favourite team...Coach is Alec Baranov and manager is Dirk Hordorff...Nickname is Ice...Admires Andre Agassi and has met Yevgeny Kafelnikov several times (Kafelnikov is from Sochi)