“After the victory over Mayar Sherif, Oleksandra gave a flash interview on the court”, — write: sport.ua
“I am happy, but also, of course, very tired. You know, the girls at the tournament were joking, “Oh, you’re playing Mayar again, it’s going to be a five-hour match,” because that’s how our games usually go. What is, is.
Probably when I was down at some point in the third set, I told myself to just enjoy being here. In fact, it is a great luck to play in this tournament. I live and train in Kyiv, and because of the Russian attacks, we have very big problems with electricity. Two hours before my train, and I live on the 20th floor, I got into the elevator and the lights just went off. As a result, I made it to the station literally 10 minutes before the departure of the train. So it’s really a lot of luck.
When the score was, it seems, 1:3 [у третьому сеті]I simply said to myself: “Sasha, well, there was a possibility that you wouldn’t make it to this tournament at all. Try to enjoy the game.” I think that after that I started to play more freely and creatively, and this became the key to today’s victory,” Oleksandra said.
Oliynikova beat Sherif in three sets with a score of 6:7 (6:8), 6:4, 6:4 in 2 hours and 54 minutes, winning the third game with 1:3. For Oleksandra, it was her debut match in the main draw of the WTA tournament.
In the second round of the competition in Cluj, Oliynikova will play against the representative of Hungary, Anna Bondar.
