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Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska made quite a sad admission after her San Diego first-round win as she revealed that she didn’t get to rest much during her recent visit to Ukraine because drone attacks usually happen at night and she always had to be alert and ready to react in case of drone attacks.
In Australia, 23-year-old Yastremska started her season with a bang as she made her first Grand Slam semifinal as a qualifier. After losing in the Australian Open semifinal to Zheng Qinwen, Yastremska decided to compete at a WTA 500 tournament in Linz in late January and early February. Following a Linz round-of-16 loss to Donna Vekic, Yastremska returned to Ukraine to visit and spend some time with her family in Odesa.
Yastremska got back to playing again at last week’s WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai before traveling to the United States 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 played two matches there and then I come back home, I spend there one week. I wouldn’t say like it was a huge rest…
