Athletistic/Tennis. Recently, Russian athletes have reacted differently to the sanctions against them. Some continue to compete under the Russian flag, while others decide to change sports citizenship. In particular, such precedents occur in tennis, a sport where Russians are practically not excluded from competition.
The Russian tennis player Varvara Gracheva passed this year under the flag of France. At the beginning of the year, she applied for citizenship of the country. She fulfilled all the necessary conditions, namely that she lived in the country for five years with a residence permit. Also, the French Tennis Federation demanded the adoption of Gracheva as a citizen of the country.
More recently it became known that Varvara Gracheva received French citizenship, she received a certificate. However, it took until the issuance of a passport to start performing at competitions. He was soon received. In this regard, the debut of Varvara Gracheva under the flag of France at the WTA-250 Bad Homburg Open (Bad Homburg, Open) category tournament was announced.
On Monday, June 26, the first round match of the tournament took place in Bad Homburg. Varvara Gracheva met the representative of Romania, Jacqueline Christian. Gracheva beat his opponent in straight sets in less than an hour – 6:1, 6:2.
The French reacted to the first victory of Varvara Gracheva under the flag of their country. They left their comments on The team website.
His Carneiro:
– Congratulations to her. If L’Equipe could also grant him French citizenship live, just to celebrate the importance of the event, that would also be great.
jean-daniel.martino:
– It should be noted that yesterday at the same tournament in Bad Homburg, Korne also won the first round match against the Italian tennis player Trevisan.
SansSecret000:
– It is also necessary to naturalize Rublev and Medvedev to improve the statistics.
chucky:
Now they can shake his hand.
Gagweliio_the_one:
Did she have cramps after two sets? I ask because it has become a guarantee of quality.
Waldemar Victorino:
– Without a doubt, the only way for France to achieve results in tennis is through the distribution of passports.
years 1976:
– Seeing the level of Garcia, we can say that Gracheva will become the best French tennis player before the end of the year.
hf.chompret:
– She has already played under the white-blue-red flag and before receiving a French passport.
Cerunchinato:
– Excellent strategy – to pick up the Russians without a banner. French tennis can regain its dignity and shine again!
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