Ukrainian player Elina Svitolina, who advanced to the top eight in the Indian Wells Masters Tournament, says she has received support from the US audience.
Ukrainian player Elina Svitolina says that he has received a huge amount of support and love from the US audience, as they progressed to the top eight in the ATP Tour in the Indian Wells Masters Tournament.
On Tuesday, Ukraine decided to approve the US proposal for an immediate 30 -day ceasefire. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyin meeting president Donald Trump It ended with a dramatic cry at the end of February.
– After that meeting, I have received a lot of support messages and love from the Americans. I convey love and support to all Ukrainians, Svitolina, 30, says.
Svitolina has won as many as three US players in the tournament and has nevertheless received the US audience completely.
– I feel I have to play well. It’s the way I can help my homeland. For such a long time, Ukraine has only become bad news.
In his last match, Svitolina won the world list in fourth place Jessica Pegula in the quarter -finals.
In the quarter -finals of the tournament, Svitolina meets a Russian Mirra Andreevan. Russian and Belarusian tennis players compete as neutral players without land symbols.
Ukrainian players have decided that they will not shake their opponent in a traditional style of the network when they meet Russian or Belarusian players. In addition to Svitolina Marta Kostyuk.
22-year-old Kostyuk lost to Indian Wells quarter-finals to the Olympic winner Zheng for qinwe. Like Svitolina, Kostyuk said he had received special support during the tournament.
“I received a lot of messages and a lot of apologies, which was amazing because you never know how people deal with certain things and how they react,” Kostyuk said.