War in Ukraine: Yastremska evades bombing raids in Odessa, defeats Lyon

What Diana Jastremska lived and still lives could be a screenplay. The Ukrainian tennis player had returned to her homeland when the Russian invasion began last week.

She was in Odessa with her sister and family when they were woken up by the sound of bombs exploding near them last Wednesday morning.

She and her family hid in the basement and managed to walk to the border at the first opportunity. “On Wednesday we were in our house in Odessa. We spent time with our family before going to Lyon with our father. The night was fine and the next morning the bombs woke us up.

We didn’t understand what happened. it was crazy We were all shocked it wasn’t a movie or a video game. We immediately left the apartment to take refuge in the underground car park while the bombing continued. reported.

In fact, she wrote about her journey with her sister in an Instagram post: “The journey took 4 hours, to the Danube and the Romanian border. We were afraid of bombs and drove past Russian tanks. There was a long line of cars and we reached the border on foot. There we said goodbye to our parents, because He ended up staying: “And our mother. On the other hand, all the necessary checks were carried out, but the people were nice and gave us food and water.”

Despite everything she has been through, Jastremska managed to reach France to take part in the Lyon tournament and indeed she celebrated a great victory on Tuesday night.

Bogdan (No. 97) won the first set but Ukraine (No. 140) pulled off the surprise by winning the next two in the tie-break to qualify for the second round.