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World No. 44 in doubles Natela Dzalamidze has changed her citizenshipRussian tennis player will play under the Georgian flag Natela Dzalamidze entered the Wimbledon doubles players' list under the Georgian flag and will play together with Serbian Alexandra Krunic. Publicly the 29-year-old tennis player did not report a change of citizenship. Dzalamidze's profile on the WTA website already lists the Georgian flag. Dzalamidze’s last tournament was Roland Garros, where, together with fellow Russian Kamilla Rakhimova, she played in a neutral status, being a citizen of Russian Federation. Natela also played in Paris in mixed doubles with Alexander Bublik, who represents Kazakhstan. Dzalamidze has won 2 WTA doubles titles and 2 WTA 125k titles. She reached the WTA final in Istanbul this year. Her best result at the Grand Slam tournaments in doubles is the second round. Dzalamidze spent her pre-season training block in Kyiv. Over the past few months, it has become known about the change of sports citizenship of other Russian athletes - cyclist Pavel Sivakov (to French), chess player Evgeny Romanov (to Norwegian), chess player Alina Kashlinskaya (to Polish) and others. This year Russian and Belarusian tennis players will not play at the LTA tournaments, including Wimbledon. In tournaments in the United States and the upcoming US Open, these players will play under a neutral flag. Website BTU - Ukrainian Tennis - joins the fundraising to help internally displaced persons in Dnipropetrovsk Region
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