Tennis player Rebecca Masarova will no longer play for Spain after already appearing on her ITF and WTA profiles with the Swiss flag.The country he was born in and the country he represented until 2018, when he decided to switch and represent his mother’s country of Spain.
Masarova, 25, with a Slovak father and a Spanish mother, who lives and trains in Barcelona and who speaks six languages, He was born in Basel, the birthplace of Roger Federer and Decided to take this decision to represent Switzerland again After a difficult 2024 with a balance of 25 wins and 29 defeats it dropped to 145th in the rankings. Last year when he finished in 62nd place.
The change in nationality for Masarova, who a year ago assured that “the federation has treated me very well”, is not surprising. RFET, which was already aware of Switzerland’s desire to be represented again and with its results in 2024, may have been the reason for not entering the list. Spanish Billie Jean King Cup team.
It should be noted that Masarova, the Junior Roland Garros champion in 2016, was tested by the RFET to represent Spain in 2017.Something she had rejected at first But he accepted in 2018When he was called twice by Switzerland for the Federation Cup and refused to play.
Now Masarova is going the other way and will compete again under the Swiss flag. In the country where she was born, to recover lost ground in 2024 and defend Spain’s colors on the women’s circuit six years later.
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