Tennis star Sergiy Stakhovsky has returned to his native Ukraine, leaving his wife and three children behind in Hungary, as he helps to defend his country against Russian forces.Speaking recently to CNN from Kyiv, Stakhovsky — a four-time ATP title winner — said he was vacationing with his family in Dubai when Russia invaded. That’s when he decided to leave his family at their Hungary home and join the fight as a member of his country’s army reservists.“If I stayed home, I would feel guilt,” Stakhovsky said, who called it a career in January following the Australian Open. “I was born here, my grandparents are buried here, and I would like to have a history to tell to my kids. Nobody here wants Russia to free them, they have freedom and democracy … and Russia wants to bring despair and poverty.”
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