{
  "id": 8270071,
  "title": "Russian tennis player Blinkova switches allegiance to France",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/russian-tennis-player-blinkova-switches-allegiance-to-france",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-18T15:49:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/sports/2026/09/18/russian-tennis-player-blinkova-switches-allegiance-to-france"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russian tennis player Anna Blinkova, currently ranked 94th in the world, has announced her decision to represent France. The 28-year-old, born in Moscow, has spent significant time in France and expressed her deep happiness and pride in becoming a French citizen. Blinkova, who has reached a career-high ranking of 34th and won two WTA 250 singles titles, stated on Instagram that France has become more than just a training base for her. Now the French number two, she will compete against Russian-born Armenian player Alina Charaeva in the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 tournament in Sao Paulo.",
  "summary": "Anna Blinkova, the world number 94, said that after all these years spent in France, the country has become much more than a training base and has become her country.",
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        "title": "Russian tennis player Blinkova switches allegiance to France",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/russian-tennis-player-blinkova-switches-allegiance-to-france-8270226",
        "published": "2026-09-18T15:49:55.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}