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Russian tennis player ‘denied access to Dublin club’

Vitalia Diatchenko, the world number 116, has trained in Ireland for the grass and hard court seasons for the past 11 years

Vitalia Diatchenko, whose father and maternal grandfather are both Ukrainian, already knew she wouldn’t be playing at Wimbledon, as tennis authorities in Britain have barred all Russians from competing this year. Picture: Getty

A Russian tennis player of Ukrainian descent was denied permission to train at Elm Park Golf and Tennis Club in Dublin earlier this month, her coach has claimed.

Vitalia Diatchenko, the world number 116, has trained in Ireland for the grass and hard court seasons for the past 11 years. She had booked four days of training at Elm Park, but Garry Cahill, her coach, has told the Business Post that after training on the ...