But in the three years following 2007 , the sport caught fire .
Tennis was seldom watched as late as 2007 and no Kazakh team since national independence in 1991 had had significant success in international tournaments .
In the three years following 2007 , the sport caught fire .
Tennis was seldom watched as late as 2007 and no Kazakh team since national independence in 1991 had had significant success in international tournaments .