“A new victory for me and for my country”: the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska its qualified Thursday for the quarter-finals of the tennis tournament Lyon after beating Spaniard Carla Bucsa in just over an hour 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday.
“I could better control my emotions than in my first match and that’s why I was able to deliver a good part”, rejoiced Yastremska, 21, ex-21e world, at the exit of the court before going to thank, Ukrainian flag on the shoulders, the mayor of Lyon, Grégory Doucet (EELV), present in the gallery and who had received her at the Hôtel de Ville, Wednesday.
Issue des qualifications, Bucsa, 139e world player, had beaten on Monday the French Alizé Cornet, seeded NO 4, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1. Yastremska, currently NO 128 in the WTA rankings, received an invitation to the Lyon tournament even before the start of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army. Originally from Odessa, she arrived in Lyon on Sunday after having fled his country with his younger sisterIvanna (15), leaving behind her parents.
