Tennis: the Neo-French Anna Blinkova in the Semifinals in Sao Paulo
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On the WTA tour there has been another change of nations. Anna Blinkova, who has played for Russia so far, will now be flying the French flag.
Just naturalized French, the Russian-born player dominated Armenian Alina Charaeva (6-4, 7-5) in the quarterfinals of the Brazilian tournament.
Anna Blinkova (28 years old, 94 WTA) is in the semifinals at the WTA 250 tournament in Sao Paulo, a special tournament for her because she recorded her transition from Russia to France. Anna Blinkova became French right in the middle of the Sao Paulo tournament, where she has now reached the semifinals, the stage in which she will meet Kaitlin Quevedo (20 years old, 105 WTA) in Spain. ...
Anna Blinkova commented on her decision to speak for France after renouncing Russian citizenship. The tennis player said that she considers this country her homeland and is proud of the opportunity to represent it on the international stage.
Russia is losing another tennis player. Former world number 34 Anna Blinkova has no longer expressed interest in representing her native country, and will now compete under the French flag.
History will remember that her first game under the colours of France, Anna Blinkova (28 years old) won. Still Russian at the beginning of the week, at the moment for her to start the tournament in Sao Paulo, the current 94th world is now French. Between her victory in the 2nd round to qualify in quarterfinals of the Brazilian tournament and this quarterfinal, which she played Friday against Alina Charaeva, and which she thus won, the Moscow nat…
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