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Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who died Monday at the age of 76, was a big tennis fan who could always be seen at Davis Cup matches and at the Kremlin Cup tournament. Yeltsin, pictured above with Marat Safin last September, also played the game and was memorably seen having a temper tantrum over his poor play during a "60 Minutes" interview he did years ago with Lesley Stahl.
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