Tennis: Elina Svitolina Asks Umpire About Husband Gael Monfils During US Open Match

(Photo : Sarah Stier/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Gaël Monfils of France (L) reacts with Elina Svitolina of Ukraine (R) throughout the Stars of the Open Exhibition Match to Benefit Ukraine Relief previous to the 2023 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 23, 2023 in New York City.

Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina had a heartwarming second throughout her second-round match within the US Open towards Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, held on the Louis Armstrong Stadium inside the Flushing Meadows-Corona public park in Queens, New York, on Thursday, August 31.

During one in every of her changeovers within the match, Svitolina requested the umpire if her husband Gael Monfils’ US Open match had began. She seemingly acquired the reply she wished, strolling again to the courtroom impressed.

After dropping the primary set, 5-7, the 28-year-old rallied again to assert the subsequent two units, 6-4 6-4, to advance to the subsequent spherical of the Grand Slam main.

The former world quantity 3 spoke about the lovable second after the match.

“I was just trying to get a little motivation from him. I know he’s playing out there. I was just thinking about him a little bit,” Svitolina stated.

Monfils and Svitolina started their relationship in 2019, and the couple married in 2021. Their daughter, Skaï Monfils, was born in October 2022.

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Svitolina’s match ended throughout the second set of her husband’s match, however it’s unclear if she was in a position to make it to Monfils’ second-round match in time.

However, the Frenchman Monfils ended his run within the US Open after no. 8 seed Andrey Rublev proved an excessive amount of for the 37-year-old, claiming a 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory on the identical day.