The Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska left her hometown of Odessa just a week ago and made it to the final of the WTA tournament in Lyon. But it wasn’t enough for the title. But that wasn’t really important.
Visibly touched: Dayana Yastremska.
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After her semi-final success over number 2 seeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the 21-year-old also had hopes for the title – and she delivered a great fight to Chinese Zhang Shuai.
After losing the first set, the favored Chinese improved and finally beat the world number 140 in three sets 3:6, 6:3, 6:4. through.
Because of what happened in her home country as a result of the Russian aggression, sport became a minor matter for Yastremska anyway. She was visibly touched by the support she had received over the past few days and on this final afternoon in France. “It was a very tough week for me. Thanks for the support,” she said tearfully at the award ceremony.
