![August 16, 2017: Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) in action during the second round at the 2017 Western & Southern Open tennis tournament being played at the Linder Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. August 16, 2017: Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) in action during the second round at the 2017 Western & Southern Open tennis tournament being played at the Linder Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/K0F0A6/august-16-2017-natalia-vikhlyantseva-rus-in-action-during-the-second-K0F0A6.jpg)
August 16, 2017: Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) in action during the second round at the 2017 Western & Southern Open tennis tournament being played at the Linder Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.
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Natalia Vikhlyantseva becomes first tennis player to skip 2022 Australian Open due to Sputnik V vaccine
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Natalia Vikhlyantseva (Russia) playing in the first qualifying round of the Nature Valley International, Eastbourne 22nd June 2018 Stock Photo - Alamy
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