Although she was born in Pyatigorsk almost 22 years ago, Elina Avanesyan had been working in recent months on a change of nationality within the women's circuit. Representing Russia since the 2017 season, the player's change of direction is evident after requesting a change of flag and starting, just this Monday, August 5, to compete as a professional tennis player from Armenia. That is the home country of her family, who had to emigrate to Russia in 1992 due to the war. A resident in Valencia and trained by María José Llorca for a couple of summers, Avanesyan reached her first individual final on the tour a few weeks ago, falling in the WTA 250 in Iasi against Mirra Andreeva. Ranked within the top 60, she will now seek to repeat that experience with a completely different identity.

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