HONG KONG—A young Ukraine girl, Dayana Yastremska, tore the final of the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open apart last Sunday afternoon. From the first few ground strokes that she hit it was plain that she was a rather special prospect. Powerful accurate, well directed topspin shots with a lot of weight, shot past her opponent signaling what was to come. She had set her marks throughout Hong Kong’s major tennis event, but nothing exceptional to that point.
Looking at her career to date it might have given more of a clue. At 15, she was ranked 6 in girls’ tennis, reaching the final of girl’s Wimbledon but losing to Anastasia Potapova of Russia in the final.
