Elena Svitolina of Ukraine defeated Anastasia Potapova of Russia in a match of Round 32 of Women’s Singles at the Monterrey Open 2022. Earlier, Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina had announced that she would not play this tournament in front of any player from Russia or Belarus, if Russia was mentioned in any way in front of her name, regardless of the flag. Be it the national anthem or the flag on the clothes.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced a boycott of Russia and Belarus because Russia has invaded Ukraine. However, Ukraine’s legendary tennis player Elina Svitolina defeated Russia’s Anastasia Potapova on Wednesday and then also announced that she would donate the prize money of this tournament to the Ukraine Army. Elina Svitolina defeated Anastasia Potapova 6-2 and 6-1 on center court in straight sets.