Lesia Tsurenko defeated Barbora Krejcikova in the first round of the 2023 French Open in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 to reach the second round for the first time since 2019.
Asked post match about how she felt as a Ukrainian tennis player and the support felt from the WTA, she said that nothing has been done for her.
"I said many times I think that a lot of false information is spread about Ukrainians and about the help for Ukrainians. I can ask an easy question, like what been made for Lesia Tsurenko, and the answer is nothing," Tsurenko said during the post-match press conference.
"I feel a lot of disappointment. I feel a lot of, I don't know, let's call it disappointment. I also feel that for the last few months, a lot of false information was spread by top players saying that we are aggressive or we spread hate, which is very strange for me, honestly."
But for Tsurenko also a lot of her unhappiness comes from unease at what is going on back at home.
"Definitely some days if I have unhappy face, it's just because, you know, my city was probably bombed I think 16 times in May only. Only in May. Yeah, this May my city was bombed 16 times," Tsurenko added.
"Yesterday part of the rocket landed 100 meters away from my home. This can make me unhappy, you know, and probably I'm not sometimes -- my face is not super happy just because of that. Not because I go into the locker room and I'm, like, spreading hate towards someone," the 33-year-old commented.
Lesia Tsurenko: “If I have an unhappy face it’s bc my city was bombed 16 times in May.. Yesterday part of a rocket landed 100 m from my home. Probably my face is not super happy just bc of that. Not because I go into the locker room & I'm, like, spreading hate towards someone.”
