Safin later sealed the 2006 Davis Cup win for Russia with his victory over José Acasuso. Tursunov was named in the four-man team that played the United States in the Davis Cup final in 2007, in Portland, Oregon, from 30 November to 2 December 2007. He lost the first rubber of the 2007 Davis Cup final against Roddick. Tursunov was on the verge of defeating James Blake, but Blake won in the fourth dead rubber, the USA having won the tie in the previous doubles match. In 2008, Tursunov lost both his matches in the first round tie against Serbia losing in doubles and in singles, however they still won the tie 3–2. In the semifinal tie against Argentina, he won his doubles match, playing with Igor Kunitsyn. In 2009, he sealed the victory for Russia in the first round tie against Romania defeating Victor Hănescu in five sets. In 2011, he won his singles match against Sweden, however Russia had already lost the tie by losing the first three matches. Retirement and switching to coaching Tursunov retired from playing on the professional tour on 28 August 2017 because of another injury. In 2011, he mentored a 17-year-old ATP-player, Aslan Karatsev, for some time. He subsequently became the coach of WTA Tour tennis players Elena Vesnina and Aryna Sabalenka, respectively. From 16 August 2021 to 6 June 2022 he was the coach of Anett Kontaveit. He was the coach of 2021 US Open Champion Emma Raducanu for a short period in 2022. Since October 2022, he is coaching Belinda Bencic. Awards International Tursunov represented December 2009 in the Association of Tennis Professionals calendar. National The Russian Cup in the nominations: Mixed Doubles Team of the Year: 2007. ATP career finals Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 26 (17–9) Doubles: 10 (6–4) Performance timelines Singles Doubles Top 10 wins Notes References External links Dimtry talking to Gabby Logan on BBC Radio Five Live 1982 births Hopman Cup competitors Living people Olympic tennis players of Russia Tennis players from Moscow Russian expatriates in the United States Russian male tennis players Russian tennis coaches Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics