Russian-born tennis participant Natela Dzalamidze adjustments nationality to keep away from Wimbledon ban

June 22, 2022 Muricas News 0 Comments

Russian-born tennis participant Natela Dzalamidze adjustments nationality to keep away from Wimbledon ban [ad_1]

The doubles specialist, ranked No. 43 on the planet, is now formally listed as having Georgian nationality on the WTA web site and is eligible to compete with doubles companion Aleksandra Krunić of Serbia when Wimbledon will get underway on June 27.

After Wimbledon introduced the ban on all Russian and Belarusian athletes again in April, the ATP and WTA responded by eradicating all rankings factors that gamers would have in any other case earned for his or her efficiency on the All England Membership.

A few of tennis' greatest stars, together with males's world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev and ladies's world No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka, is not going to be competing at SW19.

In an announcement printed by The Occasions, a Wimbledon spokesperson mentioned they have been unable to cease Dzalamidze, who competed below the impartial flag on the French Open, from altering her nationality.
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"Participant nationality, outlined because the flag they play below at skilled occasions, is an agreed course of that's ruled by the Excursions and the ITF," the spokesperson mentioned.

The ban on Russian and Belarusian gamers has divided the tennis world, and final week, the US Open introduced that it will not be following Wimbledon's instance later this 12 months, with gamers from each international locations eligible to compete below a impartial flag.


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