Varvara Gracheva, 41st player in the world, was notified on Monday of her French naturalization. Born in Russia but resident of the Elite Tennis Center in Cannes since she was 16 years old.
She can potentially compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games under the French banner. No relation to the war in Ukraine, Varvara says that her decision is in no way related to the crisis in that country, which she does not wish to mention. "I started the procedures well before this happened," justified the Russian, still with the Team.