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Elina Svitolina explained why she and her husband Gael Monfils don’t travel with their daughter Skai in the conditions both are currently in Washington.”She’s at home. We want her to stay home for the health reasons. Health is No.
1 priority for us, and it’s really challenging. We know how tired 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.
For sure it’s extremely tough for us. We were Face Timing this morning with her and she was super happy. Then she was looking behind the phone, you know, where we are It’s really sad for us, but, you know, we have to put the priority on her health,” said Svitolina.
Monfils was babysitting during Svitolina’s Wimbledon run
Following her surprising win over world no.1 Iga Swiatek, which earned her a place in the Wimbledon semifinals, Elina Svitolina was questioned whether her spouse Gael Monfils was planning to come to see her next match against Marketa Vondrousova.“I wouldn’t want to change much.I’m…
