Ukraine’s Tsurenko says she suffered panic attack after chat with WTA chief
The HinduUkrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko withdrew from her third-round match at Indian Wells against Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka after suffering a panic attack following a chat with the WTA’s chief executive, she said on Monday. Tsurenko, who beat Croatia’s Donna Vekic 2-6 6-2 6-2 on Friday, pulled out of the tournament shortly before her match against Sabalenka was due to start on Monday, citing personal reasons, organisers said. “Officially it will be written ‘personal reasons’, but in fact, it is breathing problems and, one might say hysteria.” The 33-year-old said the reason behind her panic attack was a conversation she had days earlier with the WTA chief executive Steve Simon about tennis’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “With this, a fundamental principle of the WTA remains.which is ensuring that individual athletes may participate in professional tennis events based on merit and without any form of discrimination, and not penalised due to the decisions made by the leadership of their country.” Tsurenko added that the WTA boss expressed his confidence in the Russians and Belarusians returning to the Olympics.
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