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Ukrainian tennis participant Dayana Yastremska made fairly a tragic admission after her San Diego first-round win as she revealed that she did not get to relaxation a lot throughout her current go to to Ukraine as a result of drone assaults often occur at evening and she or he all the time needed to be alert and able to react in case of drone assaults.
In Australia, 23-year-old Yastremska began her season with a bang as she made her first Grand Slam semifinal as a qualifier. After dropping within the Australian Open semifinal to Zheng Qinwen, Yastremska determined to compete at a WTA 500 match in Linz in late January and early February. Following a Linz round-of-16 loss to Donna Vekic, Yastremska returned to Ukraine to go to and spend a while along with her household in Odesa.
Yastremska obtained again to enjoying once more finally week’s WTA 1000 match in Dubai earlier than touring to the USA and kicking off her San Diego Open run with a 6-4 5-7 6-1 win over American Caroline Dolehide on Tuesday.
Yastremska on how her return to Ukraine went
“After Australian Open, I went to Linz, straightaway. I performed two matches there after which I come again dwelling, I spend there one week. I would not say prefer it was an enormous relaxation as a result of… often at 12 or at 1 or 2 o’clock within the evening, they begin large assaults,” Yastremska stated in her press convention after beginning her San Diego marketing campaign with a win.
“It is advisable to be actually following the knowledge on the general public the place it says like drones are coming to us or not so that you keep fairly lengthy awake.
“If it occurs then you have to go to the parking and that is what I did thrice through the one week and I’d say I did not relaxation there quite a bit however it was good to return dwelling to see my household in fact.”
For a spot within the San Diego quarterfinal, Yastremska will play towards Anna Blinkova. Heading into the match, Yastremska owns a 1-0 head-to-head, having overwhelmed Blinkova in Rouen final yr.
Since Blinkova is Russian and Yastremska and different Ukrainian gamers have not been shaking fingers with Russian gamers for 2 years, there definitely will not be a handshake after their match ends.
