PARIS, May 24 : Hours after a Russian missile slammed near her family home in Kyiv, Marta Kostyuk walked onto the French Open clay on Sunday with photos of the blast fresh in her mind: shattered buildings metres from where her mother and sister had spent the night.The 23-year-old, who advanced to the secon

PARIS, May 24 : Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk made short work of Oksana Selekhmeteva with a 6-2 6-3 win in the first round of the French Open on Sunday and said she was proud of how she remained focused even as the effects of the war in her country hit closer to home.The 23-year-old Rouen and Madrid champion extend

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French Open: Marta Kostyuk battled through an emotional morning to defeat Oksana Selekhmeteva 6-2, 6-3 and reach the second round. Kostyuk said she had spent part of the morning crying after a missile strike destroyed a building near her parents’ home in Ukraine.

Marta Kostyuk's first-round win at the French Open became one of her toughest matches after she found out beforehand that a missile almost hit her parents' home in Ukraine.