Only Roland Garros towel left, says Ukraine tennis player after Russian strike hits flat

Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska has said her family's flat has been destroyed in a Russian aerial strike on the Black Sea port of Odesa."This is what the 'Russian world' looks like. A direct hit by a Kalibr cruise missile," she wrote on social media, showing a photo of a burning multi-storey residential building."The only thing that survived was a Roland Garros... towel," the 26-year-old added, posting an image of a famous clay orange towel from Paris's Grand Slam tournament hanging from the wreckage.Odesa regional head Oleh Kiper said 37 people were injured, including a baby, and two missing in the missile and drone attack on Odesa and nearby Chornomorsk on Friday night.Dayana Yastremska / FacebookYastremska posted a photo of a signature orange clay Roland Garros towel from last year's tournament hanging from the wreckage of her apartment"A Russian missile destroyed our apartment in Odesa... SYMBOLIC. A piece of world tennis survived a Russian missile. Our home did not," Yastremska wrote on Instagram on Saturday."@wta @itf_reviews Look at these images through our eyes," she said in a reference to the governing bodies of world tennis - the Women's Tennis Association and the International Tennis Federation.Yastremska - who in 2024 reached the semifinal stage of the Australian Open - is currently 113th in the women's world singles rankings.