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Ukraine's Yastremska loses Lyon final, week after escaping Russian bombs

Lyon (AFP) - Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska fell agonisingly short of a dream WTA title in Lyon on Sunday, a week after escaping Russian bomb attacks on her home city of Odessa, but pledged to donate her prize money to support her besieged compatriots.

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'I can deal with everything': Ukraine's Yastremska in Lyon final after escaping Russian bombs

Lyon (AFP) - Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska reached the Lyon WTA final on Saturday, just a week after escaping Russian bomb attacks on her home city of Odessa, and said: "I can deal with everything".

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Ukraine's Yastremska in Lyon final, a week after escaping Russian bombs

Lyon (AFP) - Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska reached the Lyon WTA final on Saturday, just a week after escaping Russian bomb attacks on her home city of Odessa.

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Svitolina out of WTA Monterrey

Monterrey (Mexico) (AFP) - Ukrainian top seed Elina Svitolina crashed out of the WTA Monterrey tournament on Friday, losing in three sets to Colombia's Camila Osorio.

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'Win for my country': Ukraine's Yastremska in Lyon last-eight after war escape

Lyon (AFP) - Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska made the Lyon WTA quarter-finals on Thursday, less than a week after escaping Russian bomb attacks on her home city of Odessa, and insisted: "I want to win for my country".

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Ukrainian tennis players Elina Svitolina and Dayana Yastremska emotional after WTA Tour wins

Two Ukrainian tennis players, thousands of kilometres apart, pay tribute to their country after winning their matches on the WTA Tour.

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Svitolina of Ukraine beats Potapova of Russia in WTA event

Top-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine beat Anastasia Potapova of Russia 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of a women's tennis tournament in Mexico after deciding not to boycott the match in the wake of Russia's invasion of her home country

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International Governing Bodies of Tennis Condemn Russia’s Invasion, Impose Suspensions

The WTA, ATP and ITF took action on future events including Russian and Belarusian athletes.

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Russia and Belarus barred from Davis Cup but players may compete under neutral flag

Tennis’s governing bodies issued a joint statement that stopped short of a ban on Russian and Belarusian players

The Independent UK

Russian players still allowed to compete in major tennis events

London (AFP) - Russian and Belarusian tennis players will be allowed to continue competing in ATP and WTA tournaments and Grand Slam events, the sport's governing bodies said on Tuesday.

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Elina Svitolina boycotts WTA event after Ukraine star refuses to play Russian opponent

The ITF has cancelled all tournaments scheduled to be held in Russia this year following the country’s invasion of Ukraine but Svitolina has called for firmer action

The Independent UK

Ukrainian tennis star refusing to face Russian opponent unless IOC demands are followed

Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has made a stance after being drawn against Russia's Anastasia Potapova in the first round of the Monterrey Open in Mexico

Daily Mirror

‘Heartbeat of our nation’: Ash Barty ticks off lifelong goal with visit to Uluru

World No 1 has a hit with local school students as she celebrates a run of 110 consecutive weeks at top of WTA rankings

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine's Yastremska reflects on hiding from bombs, after tennis return

Lyon (AFP) - Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska said she was "woken up by the bombs" during Russia's invasion before fleeing her country last week, after playing with her younger sister in a doubles match at the WTA tournament in Lyon on Monday.

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Ukraine's Yastremska sisters reflect on hiding from bombs, after tennis return

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Svitolina says she won't play Russians as Ukrainian players seek action

Paris (AFP) - The top-ranked Ukranian woman tennis player Elina Svitolina on Monday said she would refuse to play Russian and Belarusian tennis players in tournaments.

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Ukrainian players ask WTA to take a stand on invasion

Paris (AFP) - Two Ukrainian women tennis players aimed a swing at the WTA on Monday when they criticised the organisation for not taking a position on the Russian invasion of their country.

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Kontaveit, Swiatek to meet for Qatar Open title

Doha (AFP) - Anett Kontaveit reached her seventh WTA final since August on Friday when she breezed past Jelena Ostapenko 6-1, 6-4 at the Qatar Open.

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Ostapenko defeats Muguruza for ninth successive win

Doha (AFP) - Former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko racked up her ninth successive win on Thursday by sweeping past fifth-seeded Garbine Muguruza 6-2, 6-2 to reach the Qatar WTA semi-finals.

Evening Standard

Emma Raducanu retires from longest WTA tour match of the season through injury in Mexico

Injury forced Emma Raducanu to retire early from the longest match of the WTA Tour season so far in Mexico.

The Independent UK

Emma Raducanu forced to retire with injury in final set of WTA’s longest match of the season

The Briton took an off-court medical timeout wit a hip complaint in the deciding set of her Guadalajara Open first round meeting with Australia’s Daria Saville

The Independent UK

Emma Raducanu forced to retire in final set of WTA’s longest match of the season

The Briton took an off-court medical timeout in the deciding set of her Guadalajara Open first round meeting with Australia’s Daria Saville.

AFP

Ostapenko fights back against Halep to reach Dubai final

Dubai (AFP) - Jelena Ostapenko came back from a set down for a third consecutive match as she overcame former world number one Simona Halep 2-6, 7-6 (7/0), 6-0 to reach the final of the WTA event in Dubai on Friday.

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Halep surges into Dubai semis, Ostapenko saves match point against Kvitova

Dubai (AFP) - Simona Halep continued her excellent start to the year by powering past Ons Jabeur and into the semi-finals of the WTA event in Dubai on Thursday, while Jelena Ostapenko saved a match point to edge out Petra Kvitova.

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Kvitova ousts top seed Sabalenka as favourites exit Dubai

Dubai (AFP) - Aryna Sabalenka and Barbora Krejcikova, the top two seeds, both crashed to second-round defeats in the Dubai WTA tournament on Wednesday, with defending champion Garbine Muguruza also exiting on a day of upsets.

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