Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina: Between Christmas threesome and comeback effort
The tennis couple par excellence, Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina , celebrated Christmas as a threesome for the first time this year. Previously, the currently pausing parents heralded their comeback together.
by Michael Rothschädl
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Dec 26, 2022, 08:54 am
Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina have had an eventful year in 2022 - albeit primarily away from the court. After the tennis dream couple had already married in July 2021, there was a baby to report this year in the house of the two tennis cracks: daughter Skai saw the light of day in mid-November.
For Elina Monfils, as the Ukrainian is now called off the tennis court (in the WTA context she still bears her maiden name Svitolina), work and on the tennis court naturally took a back seat for a few months. Specifically until December, when the couple will report back together with a training photo. The Monfils family is "back in business", reads a photo message.
Because not only Elina, but also her husband Gael is currently far from the big stage of tennis. The Frenchman regularly struggled with injuries in 2022, and the former world number six only competed in eight tournaments this season. In addition, Monfils missed three of the four Grand Slam tournaments. Also in 2023, as the Frenchman has already announced, Monfils will initially be absent from the Australian Open.
It is currently unclear when Elina Svitolina is aiming for her comeback on the WTA tour. The Ukrainian played her last match on the WTA Tour in March 2022 and has previously stood up strongly for her home country after the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. This commitment continued through the entire calendar year 2022. Neo-mother Svitolina is currently ranked 240th in the world.