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Helene Elliott: Indian Wells players united in their disgust over the war in Ukraine

Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine leaves the court after being defeated by Caroline Garcia of France during the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 9, 2022, in Indian Wells, California.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — The message was conveyed in small letters printed unevenly but defiantly on the side of Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya's right shoe. NO WAR, the words said in black ink that stood out starkly against a bubblegum-pink background.

The message came across loud and clear when Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine, who had spent two nights in an underground parking garage in her hometown of Odessa to escape Russian attacks before her parents sent her and her younger sister Ivanna to safety in

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