Who was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly to keep their tournament earnings was Natasha Zvereva or Katarina Srebotnik?
Katarina Srebotnik Katarina Srebotnik (born March 12, 1981) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 1 on July 4, 2011.
Russian Cup (tennis) The Russian Cup (Russian: Русский Кубок ) is an annual major national Russian sports award given to tennis players, coaches, companies and other organizations and people that contributed in the development of that sport in Russia. The cup was established in 1994 by then-Vice President of the Russian Tennis Federation Dmitry Vikharev and the President of IC Arman. It was organized by Anatoly Gusev in the following two years, and after his death in 1996 his wife Lyudmila Guseva and businessman Alexander Cherkasov continued its organization.