- Ukrainian defeats Russian 6-2, 6-1 at Monterrey Open
- Svitolina: ‘I’m doing my best to invite people to support Ukraine’
Dressed in Ukraine’s blue and gold colours, a fired-up Elina Svitolina thrashed the Russian Anastasia Potapova in Mexico on Tuesday and said it was her mission to unite the tennis world behind her country following Russia’s invasion.
Svitolina had initially refused to play her opening match against Potapova at the Monterrey Open but went ahead after tennis authorities decided to ban Russian and Belarusian players from competing under the name and flag of their countries.