The second racket of Ukraine Dayana Yastremska has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne on her suspension from performances due to a positive doping test.

YASTREMSKAYA COMMENTED WITHDRAWAL FROM TOURNAMENTS DUE TO DOPING According to btu. org. ua, the tennis player seeks the cancellation of the earlier decision in order to be able to speak at the Australian Open-2021.

The parties agreed to consider the case under an accelerated procedure so that the sole arbitrator can make a final decision by February 3, 2021. Earlier, Dayana flew to Melbourne, hoping to have her suspension lifted.. However, the specially convened Independent Tribunal of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) rejected the appeal of the Ukrainian.

Australian Open-2021 will take place on February 8 - 21. The tournament was postponed for three weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From January 15, participants are serving a mandatory two-week quarantine in Melbourne.

In the men's singles, Ukraine will be represented by Serhiy Stakhovsky, who became the only one of our six compatriots who managed to overcome the qualification sieve.

The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina and 18-year-old Marta Kostyuk will compete in the women's grid.