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Dayana Yastremska: Ukraine tennis player wants to win for her country

Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska has reached the Lyon Open quarter-finals less than a week after escaping Russian bomb attacks on her home city of Odessa.

The 21-year-old beat Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa 6-2 6-3 and said the win is "for my country".

On 25 February, Yastremska wrote on Instagram that she and her 15-year-old sister Ivanna had been forced to leave their parents behind in Ukraine.

Three days later, the pair competed in doubles in Lyon.

They were beaten in the opening round, but Yastremska's impressive singles run continues with Italian fifth seed Jasmine Paolini awaiting in Friday's quarter-final.