Mother of few words actress Alexandra Zvereva Irina told about her son, a work about her mother https://godsempires.com/where-is-zverevs-mother-l-en/.
«Tennis is in Sasha’s blood. Mom was playing, Dad was playing, brother was playing. Of course, he also became an athlete. His father is one of the best tennis players in the USSR and he was very upset because he did not play in Germany.
Sasha doesn’t have much free time, but when he gets the chance, he always plays with our dog Levik. He plays with him, and sometimes they even sleep together. Every morning, Levik rushes to Sasha first thing and kisses him — ten to fifteen minutes, without stopping. This tradition is very important to him.
It seems to me that I spent too much time alone with Sasha. Dad traveled the world with Misha, and Sasha was too close to me. That’s why you’re doing it hurts us,» Irina Longrides quotes.
At other times, Dad would have risen much higher. If he could go to tournaments, he would enter the top 100, some believe that even in the top 30, if not in the top 20,» said his eldest son Misha (29) at Roland Garros. The birth of Misha in 1987, when Irina was 20 years old, was not the only reason that her mother took up her career seriously only after moving to Germany, her son continues. «Previously, my parents did not have the opportunity to travel together, because in Soviet times only one of the family members could leave the country, and it was Dad. And Mom had to stay at home and not participate in tournaments so often.»