Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils are top tennis players and proud parents of their daughter Skai. Both players are currently competing in Washington, and they decided not to bring their daughters with them.
During a recent interview, Elina Svitolina explained why they made this decision: “We want her to stay home for the health reasons. Health is No. 1 priority for us.
It’s really challenging. We know how tiring it can be to travel that much. Tennis requires a lot of traveling, flying, and all this stress. You know, you’re not sleeping in your bed, you are constantly, you know, doing something and different places. So we don’t want to stress her right now at the beginning.”
Obviously, Elina explained that it was not ean easy decision to add: “For sure it’s extremely tough for us. We were FaceTiming this morning with her and she was super happy. Then she was looking behind the phone, you know, where we are and we are not there. It’s really sad for us, but, you know, we have to put the priority on her health.”
Svitolina in Washington, ranking, and results in 2023
LWWLWLWWLW Currently ranked no.27, Svitolina has achieved an overall 19-9 record in 2023. Svitolina is playing at the moment in Washington where she bested the world no.19 Victoria Azarenka 7-62 6-4 and the world no.11 Daria Kasatkina 6-2 6-2.
Elina clinched 1 title in 2023 in Strasbourg.
Svitolina won 17 titles in her career: 9 on hard courts, 6 on clay courts and 2 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)
Monfils in Washington, ranking, and results in 2023
WLWWWLLWLW Currently the world no.323, the French player has managed to achieve an overall 4-8 match record in 2023. The French player is now competing in Washington where he defeated the world no.695 Bjorn Fratangelo 6-3 6-4 and the world no.25 Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-4.
Gael Monfils will come up against the world no.37 Tallon Griekspoor in the 3rd round on Thursday at 3:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the past, they have never played each other up to now in top tournaments.
Monfils won 11 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 7 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Monfils has scheduled to play next in Toronto (National Bank Open). He will begin to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 7th of August thanks to a protected ranking.
