Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko posts appeal for help after revealing she has "nowhere to go" from her home in Kyiv

Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko has revealed she has «nowhere to go» after seeing war break out in her home town of Kyiv. The 32-year-old Tsurenko — who has been critical of the WTA's response to the crisis — has tried to continue playing in recent weeks, featuring at the Miami Open and then on Tuesday at the Andalucia Open in Marbella.

Ad/> But in a candid post, she opened up about her suffering that has been going on underneath, and launched an open appeal for someone to house her as she attempts to find a training base ahead of the clay-court season. TennisThiem comeback hits buffers after positive Covid test2 HOURS AGO Writing on social media, she said: «After the worst month of my life with constant headache, panic attacks and guilt over the war in Ukraine, I face a new challenge… as a player based in Kyiv, I have nowhere to go.

»Now every Ukrainian has his own nightmare story...Where should I go?" /> Tsurenko is not the only player to find tennis a secondary priority at the present moment, with fellow Ukrainian Elina Svitolina announcing on Tuesday that she planned to step back from tour life. Russian star Zvonareva displays 'no war' message at Miami Open Dolgopolov: This is war and I may kill or be killed And Belarussian Victoria Azarenka also revealed the «extremely stressful few weeks» she has gone through, and which culminated in her walking off the court during her Miami Open third round match against Linda Fruhvirtova.

Azarenka had shouted to her box «Why am I here?» during the encounter after previously admitting to feeling «devastated» by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Among those to have offered to help Tsurenko is Emilio Sanchez-Vicario, founder of the famed Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona that trained Andy