'We need your help': All-Ukrainian clash at Wimbledon puts focus beyond tennis
By Issy Ronald, CNN
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Who is Serena Williams' opponent Harmony Tan?
Serena Williams is back on the centre court today (June 28) when she takes on Harmony Tan.
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina on a 'mission' to help war-torn country
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Marta Kostyuk: I stand with Wimbledon in its decision to ban Russian players
Marta Kostyuk says Ukraine is grateful to Wimbledon and England for its support in the war with Russia and has expressed her relief the third major of the year has not been hit by boycotts.
'So much pain in my heart': Tennis star Elina Svitolina helping Ukraine
"I hope that this will end one day and I can come back and see her," said Svitolina. The 27-year-old was speaking a week after she and Ukrainian Champions League-winning football legend Andriy Shevchenko were asked on a Zoom call by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to become ambassadors for United24. The charity was launched by Zelensky to collect donations to cover Ukraine's most pressing needs: Defence and de-mining, medical aid and to rebuild the country which has been devastated since Vladimir Putin launched the invasion in February.
Elina Svitolina: Russia and Belarus players should not be competing at US Open
Ukraine's Elina Svitolina has said that the US Open have made the wrong call in allowing Russia and Belarus players to compete at Flushing Meadows.
Ukraine's Svitolina hoped US Open would take firmer action on Russians
Ukraine's Elina Svitolina does not agree with the US Open decision to allow players from Russia and Belarus to compete as neutrals and hoped the Grand Slam organisers would take a firmer stand following Moscow's invasion of her country. Russian and Belarusian players are banned from competing at Wimbledon, which starts on June 27, but the United States Tennis Association allowed them to play under a neutral flag at the hardcourt major in New York.
‘Relentless’ Fernandez determined to leave Roland Garros with no regrets
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