While the whole world was rooting for the likes of top-seeded players to shine at the ongoing Australian Open, some new stars are in the making. One among those is Dayana Yastremska. Coming up from the qualifiers, the young Ukrainian tennis player managed to make her way into the semi-finals of the Australian Open. However, her journey to the top has not been easy.

Back in 2019, her mother suffered a horrible accident that almost took her eye away. Despite this, she encouraged her daughter to go out and play tennis without worrying too much about her. But, what was the incident all about? Here’s what you need to know about the strange event that happened 4 years ago.

A 2019 accident that almost took Dayana Yastremska’s mom’s eye

Back in 2019, something really scary happened to Dayana Yastremska’s mom, Marina. Unknowingly, a champagne bottle exploded in her hands and hurt her eye badly. This strongly affected the young Ukrainian player mentally. Thankfully, a tennis agent named Stefan Gurov, who works with Elina Svitolina, quickly got a team of doctors to help. They did a four-hour surgery to save Marina’s eye.

Dayana’s dad, Alexander, shared how tough those hours were, but he was thankful the doctors saved Marina’s vision. The director of Tennis Australia, Craig Tiley, also stepped in and handled all the financial expenditures that happened.

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Even though it was a super scary experience, just a week later, Dayana had to fly to Thailand to play tennis. It was her mom who encouraged her to go out and play the game. However, at that time, tennis was probably the last thing on her mind after what happened, but her mom urged her to get back on the court.

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While playing at the current Australian Open, the younger Yastremska shared a special message for her mother.

Yastremska dedicated a special tattoo to her mother

In an interview at the ongoing Australian Open, Dayana Yastremska talked about her mother while thanking her for all the contributions that she made in her life. She even suggested that she had a tattoo that says, ‘mother beauty’ in her native language. This tattoo has always provided her with the strength to put up right to the end and keep fighting despite the situation.

“Oh my mother, I think she knows everything I think. And I think we need to get some more time for shopping. And you know when I look at her I know that everything I have to do is just move my legs hard and you know I have here the tattoo and here it says ‘mother beauty’ so sometimes I look at it and it reminds me to fight till the end,” said Yastremska in the interview.

Thus, having made her way into the semi-finals of the Australian Open, she has always got the support of her mother who has been a constant pillar to her. Despite what happened to her back in 2019, she did not let it overshadow her daughter’s tennis career and encouraged her to go out and play the game.

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