Tennis
Castles fly away. Russian tennis player applies for French citizenship
54th racket of the world Varvara Gracheva He submitted the necessary package of documents for obtaining French citizenship.
Gracheva reportedly satisfies the criteria as she has lived in France for seven years and passed the French exam in November last year. According to the source, the process of changing citizenship has nothing to do with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
If the process is completed successfully, Gracheva could become France’s second racket and perform under the French flag at Roland Garros.
Gracheva has not played a single match for the Russian national team, so Billie Jean can play for the French team in King Cup matches and at the Olympic Games.
Last year, Natela Dzalamidze changed her Russian citizenship to Georgian. This allowed him to perform at Wimbledon.
At the beginning of the month, Gracheva lost the final in Austin to Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk.
Source: Sport UA
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