ANKARA (A.A) - Russia's coach David Blatt said on Tuesday thathe was proud of the players of Russia, while commenting on his team's win in the2010 FIBA World Basketball Championship with 72-66 lead in Group C against theirrivals from the Ivory Coast.Blatt said this was the last tournament he was attending with Russia andnoted that,"our team is not so strong as it was before. We will be in an effortto struggle till the end of the tournament,"and thanked to Turkey for its goodhome ownership.Also appearing at the press meeting, Randoald Dessarzin, the coach of IvoryCoast basketball team, said it was an uphill struggle,"although we had solvedour problems in some parts of the match, we could not win it,"he said.(AY)