Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils are both in Rome for the Internazionali d’Italia. Tennis is resuming and many players are struggling to have a proper comeback with many surprising results. Gael lost to Dominik Koepfer 6-2 6-4 without playing his best tennis also because the German has been playing rather good tennis.
Unfortunately, Gael was heavily insulted with many racist remarks on social media after he lost. The Frenchman had the courage to post some of them on his Instagram. Gael is expected to go to Hamburg to compete in the local ATP500 and get ready to have a good run at the French Open.
In the meantime, his girlfriend Elina Svitolina is about to face Elina Svitolina Scetlana Kuznetsova in the 3rd round. The head to head is 3-1 for Svitolina.
Svitolina in Rome, ranking, and results in 2020
Currently the world no.6, Elina has a 12-6 win-loss record in 2020. Svitolina is now having a run in Rome where she conquered Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3 7-64.
Svitolina has won 1 title in 2020 in Monterrey.
The Ukrainian won 14 titles in her career: 8 on hard courts, 4 on clay courts and 2 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)
Gael Monfils in 2020
Ranked no.9, the French player played his last match on the 17th of September when he surrendered to Dominik Koepfer 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rome.
Presently, this year Monfils has a 16-4 win-loss record. the French player clinched 2 titles in 2020 in Montpellier and in Rotterdam.