Ukrainian tennis star Marta Kostyuk acquired terrible information shortly earlier than her opening match on the 2026 French Open on Sunday.
After Kostyuk cruised previous Oksana Selekhmeteva 6-2, 6-3 at Roland-Garros in Paris, the world’s No. 15-ranked participant revealed she discovered a Russian missile strike occurred close to her mother and father’ house in Kyiv. The aerial assault destroyed the property.
Marta Kostyuk discusses Russian missile strike destroying her mother and father’ house
“I am extremely pleased with myself in the present day,” Kostyuk mentioned whereas preventing tears in her on-court interview after the match. “I feel it was one of the crucial troublesome matches of my profession. This morning, 100 meters (328.084 toes) away from my mother and father’ home, a missile destroyed the constructing.
“It was a really troublesome morning for me. I did not understand how this match was going to show round for me. I did not understand how I’d deal with it. I do not need to discuss myself in the present day. I am clearly more than happy to be within the second spherical, however all my ideas and all my coronary heart goes to the folks of Ukraine in the present day.”
