Former tennis player Dolgopolov vows to defend Ukraine

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Former tennis player Alexandr Dolgopolov said on Wednesday he has travelled home to Ukraine to defend the country after undergoing weapons training. The 33-year-old, who won three ATP titles and reached a career-high ranking of number 13, said he was in Turkey with his sister and mother when Russia\u0027s invas

Former tennis player Alexandr Dolgopolov said on Wednesday he has travelled home to Ukraine to defend the country after undergoing weapons training.

"I already started practicing shooting, and I was very lucky, that a ex professional soldier taught me for 5-7 days," Dolgopolov wrote on Instagram. "This is my home, and we will defend it! With all the people that stayed! I will stay in Kyiv until our victory and after." Former tennis player Sergiy Stakhovsky enlisted in Ukraine's reserve army last month, while boxers Oleksandr Usyk and Vasiliy Lomachenko joined territorial defence battalions.

 

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