Elina Svitolina: Worried for her parents, Ukrainian tennis star says she has been suffering sleepless nights
By Matthew Foster and Christina Macfarlane, CNN
Updated 1011 GMT (1811 HKT) March 1, 2022
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The 27-year-old, who was in Monterrey, Mexico, for a tournament, said on Sunday that she is terrified for her own family who remain in the war-stricken country, taking refuge in the southern city of Odessa.«I haven't been sleeping much, trying to see what is happening, how we can help and what we can do,» she told CNN Sport.«This has been the worst time of my life because I have my parents, my friends, my
