“I think I need to take a thousand breaths because my heart I think is going to jump out of my body,” Yastremska said. “During the match, I was imagining how I lost already like 25 times. I was losing the tiebreak, second set I was losing, I always felt I was running behind the train. But because I’m a little bit of a fighter I think I won this match and plus the support, it was amazing.”
There was no handshake between Yastremska and Azarenka, as is customary among Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarusian players, but Yastremska did raise her racket towards Azarenka. The first game of the Noskova-Svitolina match lasted 11 minutes and contained 20 points. Noskova broke serve and held for 2-0 before Svitolina took a timeout and received treatment on her lower back.
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