Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska and her younger sister both fled Ukraine on Friday. They are now safe in Lyon, France.
The No. 121 player player in the world updated her fans on Instagram Friday explaining that she and her 15-year-old sister were leaving Ukraine on a boat, per their parent’s wishes. Their parents remain in Ukraine, as Russian forces continue their invasion of the country.
As Yastremska and her sister boarded the boat a day after Russia began its invasion in Ukraine, she shared to ESPN the last message her father told her.