[Body Road News]Dayana Yastremska, a 21-year-old woman who fled the war in Ukraine last month and arrived in France to play at the Lyon Open, “returned to defeat following three sets in the final on Sunday (7). “Failed to win the championship following losing to Chinese golfer Zhang Shuai, but still donated all the runner-up prizes to Ukrainian charities to support compatriots in the motherland who are still devastated by the war.
Ukraine was attacked by the Russian war at the end of last month. Enstuska became a refugee overnight. The whole family hid in the underground parking lot for two days. After two days, she and her 15-year-old sister Ivanna were arranged by their father to leave the country. They passed through Romania and then transferred to France. The “wild card” participated in the Lyon tennis tournament. Although the pair of “fleeing sisters” were eliminated in the women’s doubles first match, Ensi Duska made it to the final following passing the women’s singles.
Ensi Duska, who has won 3 WTA Tour championships and was ranked 21st in the world, faced Zhang Shuai, the golden flower of China, and won the first set 6:3. After the 3:6 and 4:6 competitions, he was the runner-up. After the game, he decided to donate the prize money of 12,000 pounds (regarding 113,000 Hong Kong dollars) to Ukrainian charities.
“It’s been a tough week,” Enstuska said. “If the Ukrainian people were looking at me, I would say ‘you are all strong and have a great spirit.’ I fought all week, not only for For myself, and for my country, I feel great strength from the people here.” Enstuska tweeted: “My beloved Ukraine, I really want to win this championship for you! I did my best this week because this is a fight for all Ukrainians! Thank you for your support, it means the world to me, and I am forever grateful!”
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Lyon Tennis Tournament]The Ukrainian women’s team who fled in the final hated 110,000 in prize money and lost her motherland to help her compatriots」
