On the occasion of competing in the 2023 Cincinnati Open tennis tournament this week, French tennis player Gael Monfils revealed how happy he is to see his beautiful Ukrainian wife Elina Svitolina achieve success on the tennis court. This 36-year-old male tennis player has just gone through a difficult year due to injury, before rediscovering the feeling of winning on hard courts in North America. After reaching the quarterfinals of the Canadian Open, he reached the round of 16 in Cincinnati after eliminating British player Cameron Norrie, who was in the semi-finals of this tournament last year.
Ecstatic after the victory, he did not forget to talk about his wife Elina Svitolina, who has achieved success since becoming the mother of baby girl Skai. The first title after becoming the mother of the Ukrainian beauty was at the Internationaux de Strasbourg. Within the Grand Slam framework, she reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros and the semifinals of Wimbledon. “ We had each other. It was great to see her play so well ,” said Gael Monfils. “So I think both of us, we try to reach our full potential.”
Gael Monfils also acknowledged Elina Svitolina’s work ethic, discipline and the suffering she went through to achieve her remarkable results. ” It was heartbreaking to see her suffering during training, in the gym; she put in a lot of discipline and work to get back to competing , ”he revealed. At the same time, Monfils confirmed that he felt happy when witnessing the joy of victory of the former WTA world No. 3 on the court.
“ For me, it feels very happy to see my wife playing and happy on the field – that is a husband’s biggest wish – to see his wife happy. She is happy off the court, but having fun on the court, doing the work, being disciplined and then getting results, is amazing ,” he commented. Unfortunately, due to leg pain, Elina Svitolina could not compete with her husband at the 2023 Cincinnati Open. However, she was still on the field to support him, after they both decided to temporarily separate from their 10-month-old daughter Skai.
Talking about the baby’s situation when separated from his parents, the French tennis player said Skai is very good and happy. He revealed that their daughter has started to understand things better. ” I just talked to my daughter right before the match. She is doing well. We made the difficult decision to leave our daughter at home. But now she is happy and starting to understand things better “ . It is expected that after the Cincinnati Open, the former ATP world number 6 will return to the Top 200.
