Ukrainian Svitolina has had 'massive support' in US

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina says she has received "love and support" from the US nationalist during her tally to the Indian Wells past eight.

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky clashed with US counterpart Donald Trump successful a furious televised speech astatine the White House past month.

The countries person since resumed talks and Ukraine is acceptable to accept an contiguous 30-day ceasefire with Russia, projected by the US.

And Svitolina and compatriot Marta Kostyuk accidental they person been backed by the crowds successful California.

Svitolina, 30, said: "Since that gathering successful the Oval Office, I got a batch of messages of enactment from the American people, conscionable giving the emotion and enactment to Ukrainians for radical backmost astatine home.

"The monolithic enactment I person got considering I played 3 American girls backmost to backmost - yeah, it's amazing.

"I consciousness similar I request to play well, it's thing that I effort to bash for my country. I'm checking the quality inactive each day, determination is clip for that and determination is clip besides for tennis.

"It's been a precise agelong clip that determination is lone atrocious quality coming from Ukraine."

Svitolina needed 5 hours, including a adjacent three-hour rainfall delay, to bushed American 4th effect Jessica Pegula 5-7 6-1 6-2 successful the past 16.

Kostyuk, 22, who mislaid to Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen successful the past 16, said she excessively has been supported during the tournament.

"I got a batch of messages and a batch of apologies, which was astonishing to person due to the fact that you ne'er cognize however radical woody with definite situations and however they react," she said.

"I'm precise thankful for each these radical who support supporting.

"You are with drivers successful the car and they inquire you wherever are you from and whenever you accidental Ukraine everyone's like, 'Oh my God, we are truthful sorry'.

"I haven't received immoderate negativity from radical present truthful it feels good."