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Isi-Ukraine umdlali wethenisi UMarta Kostyuk wenqaba ukuxhawula naye IsiRashiya ophikisana naye u-Varvara Gracheva ngemuva kokufuna ukunqoba kowamanqamu we-ATX Open e-Austin, eTexas, ngeSonto.
U-Kostyuk wehlule uGracheva ngo 6-3 7-5, wawela enkundleni ngemuva kokuguqula iphuzu lomdlalo, ngaphambi kokunqaba ukuxhawula umRussia.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-20 ubudala, ongowaseKyiv, uthe ku-Australian Open kaJanuwari ukuthi ngeke axhawulane nanoma yimuphi umuntu omelene naye waseRussia noma waseBelarusian ngempi eqhubekayo ezweni lakhe.
Yena wenqaba ukuxhawula noVictoria Azarenka waseBelarus ku-US Open ngoSepthemba nyakenye. I-Belarus isetshenziswa njengendawo ebalulekile yempi yaseRussia e-Ukraine.
U-Kostyuk unikeze isicoco sakhe se-WTA sentombi ezweni lakubo ngesikhathi sokwethulwa kwendondo.
“Ukuba kulesi sikhundla engikuso njengamanje, kubaluleke kakhulu ukunqoba lesi sicoco,” kusho uKostyuk.
“Futhi ngifuna ukunikezela lesi sihloko e-Ukraine nakubo bonke abantu abalwa nabafayo njengamanje.”
U-Kostyuk akazange avume lowo owagcina eshayiwe enkulumweni yakhe yokwamukela.
Ukuwina umqhudelwano, okungowokuqala kowesifazane wase-Ukraine kusukela u-Elina Svitolina ngo-2021, kukhuphule i-Kostyuk yaba ngunombolo 40 ezilinganisweni ze-WTA.
Phakathi kwama-grand slams, yi-Wimbledon kuphela evimbe abadlali baseRussia nabaseBelarusian ekuqhudelaneni, okuholele ekutheni bahlawuliswe u-$1 million ngohambo lwabesilisa.
Abadlali baseRussia nabaseBelarusian bavunyelwe ukudlala ku-Australian Open kulo nyaka ngaphandle kokuvezwa kwefulegi noma izwe labo.
