Ukraine-born tennis participant Maryna Zanevska has opened up on the panic she suffered when a siren went off throughout her match on Wednesday. The 29-year-old could not include her feelings after the primary set of her second-round outing on the Saint-Malo Open in France.

Zanevska, ranked seventy fifth within the WTA rankings, cruised to a 6-2 triumph within the first set towards American Katie Volynets on the 125 occasion.

But she then burst into tears on the courtroom after a siren that went off for a brief interval triggered stress and panic amid Russia's invasion of her homeland.

After trying to proceed taking part in, regardless of being visibly affected by the sound, Zanevska misplaced the match 6-2, 4-6, 5-7.

Zanevska, the ladies's third seed on the Saint-Malo Open, is formally a Belgian participant, however she was born in Odesa, a port metropolis in southern Ukraine.

And she has since taken to Instagram, stating that the siren badly affected her recreation regardless of by no means personally experiencing a siren in Ukraine.

She wrote: "I had very weird feelings today during my match after winning the first set!

"I do not know why, however the siren was on! For possibly 20 seconds, however it felt like ceaselessly. I began to cry badly! I could not cease!

"I have not been in Ukraine since February 24. I've by no means skilled a siren, however it was such a triggering sound!

"My heartbeat was 200! I used to be overwhelmed! Usually, once I step on the courtroom, it is my place the place I neglect about my issues. But right here, it hit me badly!"

Zanevska looked set to cruise through her second match at the tournament before the siren thwarted her, breezing past Brazilian Laura Pigossi 6-2, 6-0 and outclassing Volynets in the early stages.

She has 37,000 followers on Instagram, utilizing the platform to replace followers on her skilled and private life.

Currently residing in Germany, she based a Dusseldorf-based firm named Savage Love Candles, specialising in soy wax candles and residential decor.

But Zanevska is a full-time participant on the WTA Tour and can hope to bounce again from what appears to have been a traumatic expertise.