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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.
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.
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.
Dayana Yastremska says she is enjoying playing a "thousand times more" having fled war in her homeland Ukraine.
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.
, la tenista ucraniana de 21 años que lo pasó mal para huir de la guerra en su país hace sólo unos días, avanzó este jueves hasta los cuartos de final del WTA 250 de Lyon (Francia) a costa de la española de origen moldavo Cristina Bucsa. La jugadora nacida en Odesa, uno de los objetivos prioritarios del invasor ejército ruso enviado por el presidente Vladmir Putin, compitió con una bandera de su nación extendida en su banquillo que se echó a los hombros para celebrar su triunfo por 6-2 y 6-3 en 65 minutos. «Estaba muy nerviosa, porque quería ganar partidos por mi país. Este torneo es muy emocional para mí. Pero estoy muy feliz por haber ganado hoy», expresó.
Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa earned the biggest win of her career Monday, upsetting fourth-seeded Alize Cornet of France 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the opening round of the Open 6eme Sens Metropole in Lyon, France.