At the end of the second round of the tournament, instead of the traditional handshake, Yastremskaya invited Gracheva to knock rackets.
Recall that Varvara Gracheva completed the procedures for obtaining French citizenship in June last year. She has lived and trained in France since 2016. After obtaining a French passport, she became the French number two, behind only Caroline Garcia, 30, ranked 19th in the world. Previously, Gracheva was the sixth racket of Russia before changing sports citizenship.
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