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Kostyuk: Missile struck near parents' Kyiv home
Key takeaways
- PARIS -- Hours before her opening-round match Sunday at the French Open, Marta Kostyuk received news that a missile strike had hit just 100 meters from her parents' home in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Kostyuk, the No. 15 seed, had been visibly emotional at the end of her match -- a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Oksana Selekhmeteva -- and appeared to be crying in her chair before her on-court interview.
- "I'm incredibly proud of myself today," Kostyuk said moments later.
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PARIS -- Hours before her opening-round match Sunday at the French Open, Marta Kostyuk received news that a missile strike had hit just 100 meters from her parents' home in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Kostyuk, the No. 15 seed, had been visibly emotional at the end of her match -- a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Oksana Selekhmeteva -- and appeared to be crying in her chair before her on-court interview.
"I'm incredibly proud of myself today," Kostyuk said moments later. "I think it was one of the most difficult matches of my career. This morning, 100 meters away from my parents' house, a missile destroyed the building.
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