Dayana Yastremska: Ukraine tennis player reaches last four of Lyon Open
Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska has reached the semi-finals of the Lyon Open a week after fleeing the Russian bombing of her home city of Odessa.
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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.
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.
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.
Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska claims emotional win in Lyon WTA event
tennis player Dayana Yastremska, who fled from her home country last week, saved two match points to win a gruelling match at the WTA event in Lyon on Tuesday. The 21-year-old, who was awarded a wildcard for the tournament before Ukraine was invaded by Russia, beat Romania's Ana Bogdan 3-6, 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (9/7) after over three hours on court in the first round. Yastremska fell to the ground in tears after finally securing victory on her fourth match point, before a warm embrace with Bogdan at the net. She celebrated in front of the crowd with a Ukrainian flag draped around her shoulders. "I've never played such a match before in my life, with so much stress," said Yastremska, who has won three WTA titles but none since May 2019.