Engaged this week on the side of Guadalajara, Mexico, where she beat the Belarusian Sasnovich for her entry into the running, the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, in remarks reported by the Twitter account Ukrainian Tennisspoke of her daily life as a tennis player while her country, Ukraine, is still engaged in an armed conflict with Russia.
“It was so good to play tennis before the war. It’s a different reality now. Before, playing tennis was very stressful, but it’s nothing compared to how we Ukrainians feel now. I just hope my career won’t end any faster because of this. It’s so tiring. In sports, no one will give you a free ticket, your opponent won’t be like, ‘Oh, she’s got a war at home, I’ll give her a game, I’ll let her win’. No, it’s a competition, it doesn’t work like that. I constantly feel at a disadvantage right from the start. »
Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 6:41 PM
