Supporting a spouse courtside is deemed more stressful than playing with mixed emotions for tennis couple
n the aftermath of a strong comeback win that moved her into a grand slam quarter-final for the 12th time in her career, Elina Svitolina departed Rod Laver Arena fully aware that her most difficult task of the day was still to come.
For Svitolina, a return to the quarter-finals with her 6-4, 6-1 victory over Veronika Kudermetova marks an important step in her career. Two years ago, Svitolina enjoyed great success on her return to tennis after giving birth to their daughter, Skai, reaching the French Open quarter-finals and Wimbledon semi-finals in her first grand slam tournaments back. As one of the most high-profile international Ukrainian athletes,Her comeback, however, also came with significant challenges.
“Also, I guess when you are a top athlete, you are worried a little bit if you can come back to the top level, if you can actually move after, or if you can, like, break on your foot afterwards because now I have two screws in my ankle. It sounds scary. Of course, you have doubts.” At the Auckland Open, a week before Melbourne, things did not appear to be going well for Monfils as he trailed 1-6, 2-5 to Pedro Martínez in the first round. Instead, after turning the match around, Monfils rolled through the tournament to become the oldest singles champion in the 35-year history of the ATP, beating the previous record set by Roger Federer.
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