Dayana Yastremska

BJK Cup: U.S. Goes The Distance To Beat Ukraine

ASHEVILLE, N.C./WASHINGTON, April 17, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Host United States came into second day of its Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers tie with Ukraine ahead 2-0 in Asheville, N.C., and needing to win just one more match out of […]

Spirited Battle Comes Up Just Short For Yastremska In Lyon

LYON/WASHINGTON, March 7, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) It wasn’t the fairy tale ending that Dayana Yastremska – and a war-torn nation – had hoped for. Yet, Sunday’s title match between the 21-year-old Ukrainian refugee and eighth-seeded Zhang Shuai of China […]

A Heroic Comeback In Lyon Makes Yastremska A Winner Around The World

LYON/WASHINGTON, March 2, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) By the end of Dayana Yastremska‘s three-plus-hour, three-set first-round victory at the Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon in France, the 21-year-old Ukrainian was happy that she had won for her war-torn […]

Mixed Feelings For Top Two Seeds At Hamburg European Open

HAMBURG, July 8, 2021 Top seed Dayana Yastremska began her title bid at the Hamburg European Open with a 7-6(5), 6-1 second-round win over Madgalena Frech of Poland on Thursday evening. In her first match on the WTA Tour since […]

Decision In The Case Of Dayana Yastremska

ITF Press Release, June 23, 2021 A decision has been issued by the Independent Tribunal under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (the “Programme”) that Dayana Yastremska has committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under Article 2.1 of the 2020 Programme, without any […]

Yastremska Denied In Bid To Lift Provisional Doping Ban

WASHINGTON, January 24, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska flew to Australia last week in the hope of having her provisional doping suspension for using a prohibited substance that can be used to boost testosterone lifted by the International […]

Provisional Suspension Imposed On Dayana Yastremska

ITF Press Release, January 7, 2021 Dayana Yastremska has been provisionally suspended under Article 8.3.1(c) of the 2020 Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (the “Programme”), pending determination of the charge against her at a full hearing pursuant to Article 8 of the […]

Dayana Yastremska: ‘I’m More Than A Tennis Player’

WASHINGTON/LINZ, November 9, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) World No 29 Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine enters her 12th and final tournament of the abbreviated 2020 season, the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, that begins its 30th anniversary edition on Monday. It’s her first time […]