Nationality in sport is more than geography – it’s identity. And for tennis star Kamilla Rakhimova, that identity has always been split between two worlds. Now, she’s finally choosing the one that feels most like her own. But it wasn’t a move made overnight.

Born on 28 August 2001, in Yekaterinburg, Russia, to Rufina Rakhimova, a youth tennis player for the Uzbek SSR, Rakhimova is of Volga Tatar and Bashkir descent. However, her father is from Ulfa, the capital and largest city of Bashkortostan, Russia. She has an elder brother who was born in Tashkent (capital of Uzbekistan). Rakhimova started playing tennis at the age of five , and she represented Russia from 2019. But now , she has officially confirmed her switch from Russia to Uzbekistan.

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