Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina wore a black ribbon and broke down in tears as she made the Wimbledon quarter-finals, hours after a Russian missile barrage killed dozens and ripped open a children’s hospital in Kyiv.
Svitolina wept on court after reaching the last eight at Wimbledon for a third time with a 6-2 6-1 win against China’s Wang Xinyu in just 55 minutes.As she attempted to compose herself, she received a lengthy round of applause from spectators on Court Two.
“It was not easy to focus on the match. Since this morning it has been very difficult to read the news and go on court.”
