Svitolina huffs and puffs into French Open round two
(Corrects score of super tiebreak in first paragraph to 10-3, not 10-8)
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Tearful Kostyuk reaches French Open 2nd round
PARIS: Marta Kostyuk’s first-round win at the French Open became one of her toughest matches after she found out beforehand that a missile almost hit her parents’ home in Ukraine.
Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk says missile struck near parents' Kyiv home - ESPN
PARIS — Hours before her opening-round match Sunday at the French Open, Marta Kostyuk received news that a missile strike had hit just 100 meters from her parents' home in Kyiv, Ukraine.
D-U-N-S Number as an international business identifier: why Ukrainian companies need it
For Ukrainian companies entering international markets, attracting investors, working with foreign corporations or participating in tenders, it is important to establish a transparent and verified business profile in advance. One of the tools for such international verification is the D-U-N-S Number, assigned by the American company Dun & Bradstreet.
Ukraine's Kostyuk keeps focus in Paris after missile strike near parents' home
PARIS, May 24 : Hours after a Russian missile slammed near her family home in Kyiv, Marta Kostyuk walked onto the French Open clay on Sunday with photos of the blast fresh in her mind: shattered buildings metres from where her mother and sister had spent the night.
French Open day one
PARIS, May 24 : Highlights of the first day at the French Open on Sunday (times GMT):
Usyk avoids shock defeat with 11th round stoppage of Verhoeven
GIZA, Egypt, May 23 : Ukraine's unbeaten heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk stopped Dutch former kickboxer Rico Verhoeven with one second left in the penultimate round of a WBC title fight to avoid what could have been one of the greatest boxing upsets of all time.
Usyk stops kickboxer Verhoeven in 11th round of heavyweight title fight in Egypt
GIZA, Egypt: Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk survived a scare to earn an 11th-round stoppage against Rico Verhoeven, a Dutch kickboxer who pushed the undefeated Ukrainian to his limits on Saturday. In a chaotic ending, the 39-year-old Usyk dropped the challenger late in the penultimate round, and the referee waved it off after Usyk pounced when Verhoeven beat the count shortly before the bell. “I thought it was an early stoppage but in the end it’s not up to me,” Verhoeven said moments later while still in the ring with the Pyramids of Giza in the background. Usyk (25-0, 16 KOs) holds the WBC, WBA and IBF belts. For the 37-year-old Verhoeven, it was just his second time fighting as a boxer. Cuban heavyweight stuns Olympic medalist Torrez On the undercard, US heavyweight Richard Torrez Jr.