Ukrainian tennis star Dayana Yastremska is 'winning for her country' after escaping bombing
Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska has dedicated her latest win at the Lyon Open to her country.
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Dayana Yastremska wants to 'win for Ukraine' at Lyon Open after escaping bomb attacks
Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska has dedicated her latest win at the Lyon Open to her country.
'Ukraine flag really helped me' - Elina Svitolina, Dayana Yastremska into last eight in Monterrey and Lyon
Elina Svitolina said the Ukraine flag in the crowd «really helped» her to victory as she progressed to the quarter-finals of the Monterrey Open with a 7-6(3) 3-6 6-2 win over Viktoriya Tomova. The Ukrainian top seed won in two hours and 24 minutes in Mexico to set up a last eight match against Colombian fifth seed Camila Osorio.
WTA roundup: Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska reaches Lyon quarters
Six days after escaping her native Ukraine with her 15-year-old sister Ivanna, Dayana Yastremska cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Open 6e Sens Metropole in Lyon, France.
'Win for my country': Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska in Lyon last-eight after war escape
Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska made the Lyon WTA quarter-finals on Thursday, less than a week after escaping Russian bomb attacks on her home city of Odessa, and insisted: "I want to win for my country". The 21-year-old Yastremska arrived on court with a Ukraine flag draped around her shoulders and just over an hour later was celebrating a comfortable 6-2, 6-3 win over Spain's Cristina Bucsa. "I was very nervous because I want to win the matches for my country.
Ukraine Yastremska wants to win in Lyon for her war-torn country
Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, who was forced to flee her home after Russia's invasion last week, said she wants to keep winning for her country after reaching the quarter-finals of the Lyon Open.
Ukrainian Yastremska reaches Lyon quarters
Dayana Yastremska says she is enjoying playing a "thousand times more" having fled war in her homeland Ukraine.
Dayana Yastremska: Ukraine tennis player wants to win for her country
Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska has reached the Lyon Open quarter-finals less than a week after escaping Russian bomb attacks on her home city of Odessa.