Alisa is Czech and stunning. Disappointed Russians? The boss either lied or knows nothing about her.

Eighteen-year-old Alisa Oktyabreva, a rising tennis star, recently switched her nationality to Czech and has achieved an impressive winning streak. She has won twenty consecutive matches and is on track for her Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open. Oktyabreva, who has lived in the Czech Republic since she was two, expressed her identity as a Czech and has been playing tennis since the age of four. Despite her recent success, Russian tennis officials have distanced themselves from her, highlighting a trend of Russian players changing nationalities amid ongoing geopolitical tensions. Sixteen Russian female players and one male player have changed their citizenship since the start of the Ukraine war.