'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.

Ad/> Svitolina, who won the Monterrey title in 2020, trailed 2-0 in the final set before winning the final six games to progress. Tennis'The hardest match of my life' — Ukraine's Yastremska on tennis during invasion20 HOURS AGO The 27-year-old said afterwards: «It was an extremely tough first set, second set didn't go my way, and then the third set I was 0-2 down.

I was not playing my best, but I was fighting, until the very end. »And you know, the Ukrainian flag [in the crowd] really helped me today to fight… I was really fighting until the end, and I found my game in the end." /> Britain's Heather Watson was knocked out in the last 16, losing 6-4 7-6(2) to sixth seed Nuria Parrizas-Diaz.

Wang Qiang defeated Mayar Sherif 6-0 6-7(2) 6-3 and Marie Bouzkova beat Petra Martic 6-4 6-2. Azarenka 'devastated' by invasion of Ukraine, calls for 'peace and end to war' 'My body has not recovered' — Barty withdraws from Indian Wells, Miami Open Earlier on Wednesday, Ukrainian wildcard Dayana Yastremska said she was able to better control her emotions after progressing to the quarter-finals of the Lyon Open with a 6-2 6-3 win over Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa.

Yastremska admitted to Eurosport that she has struggled to deal with her emotions on the court with her war-torn country suffering greatly. She had to save two match points in her opening round match against Ana Bogdan before winning in three sets,